Palermo

Palermo has a huge architectural heritage and is distinguished by many buildings, several of which are inscribed on the UNESCO Heritage List.

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Among them, palaces, museums, and churches are worth mentioning:

  • Palazzo dei Normanni (Norman Palace), home to the Capella Palatina, the royal chapel
  • Zisa and Kuba, wonderful castles used by the kings of Palermo for hunting. Today, Zisa houses an Islamic museum
  • Natoliu Palace
  • Chiaramonte Palace
  • Palazzo Abatellis
  • Regional Archaeological Museum of Antonio Salinas, which contains numerous remains of Etruscan, Carthaginian, Roman and Hellenistic civilizations
  • Palazzina Cinese, royal residence of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
  • Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti
  • Church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio
  • Cattedrale di Palermo