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The Capital of the island, its history and sight |
 Palermo: 750000 Inhabitants Catania: 420000 Inhabitants Messina: 270000 Inhabitants Syrakus: 110000 Inhabitants Trapani: 110000 Inhabitants Caltanisetta: 80 000 Inhabitants Agrigento: 60 000 Inhabitants Ragusa: 60 000 Inhabitants Marsala: 50 000 Inhabitants Acireale: 50 000 Inhabitants Taormina: 10 000 Inhabitants |
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The capital of Sicily At the northern coast of the island at the bay of Conca d' Oro (golden shell) surrounding of orange and lemon trees, is lain the Capital of Sicily. One must observe this city surrounded by sea to close the real beauty in your heart. The largest city on Sicily possesses ca. 750,000 inhabitants and was used in the year 800 before Christ as an important trade base of the phoenician. Palermo passed a warlike time between 264 - 241 before Christ. During this time, the first punic war and the battle of Karthago against Rom was present. This was the first of three large wars between the roman empire and Karthago. The name Palermo comes from the Greek "Panormus" and meant "everywhere is harbor", but before this name was given a sicilian legend purported that the city was named "ZIZ", what means flower blossom). The city in front of the mountains of Monte Castellaccio, Monte Cuccio as well as Monte Pellegrino offers a picturesque view. Protected through the mountains and the sea, palermo was always a popular city, so Palermo passes a lot of influences by diffrent cultures for example: arabic, greek and roman influences, which you can recognize until today in many buildings. Not leave out also the influences of the east-gothic are and the vandalics, who also tried to conquer Sicily. A special example is the church of Sant Giovanni degli Eremiti (SAINT Johannes of the Eremit) which was construct ca. 1130 before christ, this church has pink copulas which can be clearly assigned to the normanic influences. Last under the leadership of the arabic sarazene the city passed a brilliant epoch. On a distance from ca. 10 kilometers far from Palermo away, there is a little village called Monreale , near by the montain Monte Caputo which dominates the village "The gorge of the Oreto" (Valle Dell' Oreto.). This little village is well known, because of the cathedral there. A medieval master work was build in the year 1174 by Wilhelm II. and was placed in the center of the city Monreale. Inside this Cathedral you'll find frescos and top mosaics of Bonanno Pisano (1186) and Barisano Trani (1179), both were important artists of this time. The cathedral of Monreale is one of that sight which you not have to leave, without left palermo. |
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Near the Harbor Palermos
where you can for example take a ferry to Ustica,
you'll find the theater "Politeama"
at via Garibaldi 33.
This theater passed heights and depths and is also
one of most popular sights of palermo.
Very pretty ouside and as well interior
trimming makes this theater so special.
The Cathedral of Palermo was built in the year 1184 by the Archbishop Offamiglio on an already existing cathedral. In the internal of the cathedral, there you'll find normanic king graves as well as the relic of the city patron Santa Rosalia. The Rosalia Sinibaldi coming out of normanic origin and born 1130 and died 1166 in the mountains around Palermo will be celebrated in entirely palermo. This young nun lived retracted her life surrounding by montains of Palermo far away from her noble and wealth normanic origins. Santa Rosalia will be celebrated each summer in Palermo as an festival from 09 Juli to the 15 Juli and will be celebrated in the entire city. The gift of the holy are lain on the montain Monte Pelegrino where her sanctuary was dedicated to. On 02 september and the 04 september takes a annual pilgrim migration place on this montain. One finds the probably prettiest beach in Palermo in Mondello, also under the name "Mondello Bay" confessed. At this beach, even domestic spend there vacations as well as tourists in bath vacations. These turquois-blue bay with its wonderful sand beach offers a very pretty view surround by montains. Who searchs for summer, sun, vacations, may be find there what a tourist heart let beat higher and what he desire. hotels-west coast-Palermo, San Vito lo Capo |
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