What to see in Palermo
GRAND TOUR BLOG | 18 May 2020

What to see in Palermo

What are the places to visit in Palermo?

Palermo it is absolutely a marvel: it is very rich in attractions that making a choice is really difficult! Palermo and its surroundings is not to be missed!

A walk among ten enchanting places

The choice is very difficult in that, Palermo, it has so many attractions that choosing only ten means losing more than half of what is beautiful.

Everything you are going to visit is located within the historic center which is also the most great of Europe.

Here are five places to visit and you will be enchanted:

  1. Historical Market of Ballarò: is the most ancient market of Palermo. Of Arabic source like that of Capo is that of Vucciria: it's a festival of colors, herbs, flavors and sounds. Shops (You can) and stalls that expand throughout the neighborhood showing products of all kinds: meat, fish, fruits and vegetables. In addition to food street food: panini (panel alla “Pollanche”), boiled potatoes, octopus, boiled cobs and prickly pears but…whoever has more will put more as the assortment is still vast;
  2. Politeama Theater: opened in 1874 while it was still incomplete. It was he who started construction Giuseppe Damiami Almeyda: would have been the “People's theater” but then it was titled differently. Its characteristic is the horseshoe-shaped hall: a capacity of 5.000 spectators with a gallery and a double row of boxes but the most enchanting part is the outside. It has a circular shape that resembles the Pantheon: on the arch at the entrance you can admire a bronze statue of God Apollo;
  3. Massimo Theater: is the largest opera house in Italy also known internationally. E’ was built in the second half of the 1800 and it is rich in precious decorations: the exterior resembles a Greek temple (it is made in neoclassical style). The only most important ones before it are: the Staatsoper of Vienna and l’Opéra Paris;
  4. Norman Palace and Palatine Chapel: known as the Royal Palace. E’ a real one is so sumptuous: rich in mosaics and frescoes. Among the various apartments , the most important, it is the Palatine Chapel with wooden stalactites and Byzantine mosaics. Today, a part of the Palace, is the seat of the’Sicilian Regional Assembly;
  5. Palermo Cathedral: was built in 1185 and was dedicated to Holy Virgin Mary Assumption. The structure is a Latin cross: he has 3 naves divided by pillars with statues of saints. From the 2015 is part of UNESCO heritage. Inside there are the tombs of Frederick II, Henry VI and Empress Constance and Roger: also you can visit the Treasure room where there are sacred vestments from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. and the golden tiara of Constance of Aragon.

Conclusions

Palermo is very large as well as very rich in beauty to visit so don't…ends here!

It will never end “to tell” other wonders of our beloved Sicily.



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