PalermoWith a population of around 670.000 inhabitants the city of Palermo is the fifth greater urban center of Italy, it is found positioned on the homonym gulf of the Tyrrhenian Sea and it is chief town of the region Sicily. The history of the city has origins very ancient with archaeological finds risalenti to the epoch to the age paleolitica. The people of the Phoenician ones during VIII century a.C. they mostly turned her/it into one of the important powers of the Mediterranean Sea, the Greek arrivals in the following century succeeded in conquering the whole Sicily and part of south-Italy maintaining Palermo as principal I bring for the commerces with the other countries. In general the economic sector founds him on the port activities, on the tourism and on the industry. The patrona in Palermo is Saint celebrated Rosalia the 15 July of every year.
Overall the Province of Palermo has a population of approximately 1,250,000 inhabitants, covers an area of Sicily equal to 4992 kilometers ² and includes 82 municipalities. Faces north on the Tyrrhenian Sea, is bordered to the west with the province of Trapani, on the south by the province Agrigento and Caltanissetta province, east of the province of Messina and the province of Enna. Belongs to the province including the island of Ustica. |
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In the period between 264-241 BC during the Punic Wars
Palermo
was at the center of the clashes between Rome and Carthage
taking the side of Rome.
Followed the domination of the Goths, Arabs, Normans and Swabians increasing welfare.
acquired by the city.
Was incorporated in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
and with the dispatch of the army of Garibaldi's Thousand
joined
the Kingdom of Italy.
As for the cultural sector in the city of
Palermo you can see many buildings and buildings in memory of the past, those most visited
for their artistic and historical value are
the Norman Palace, also known as Palazzo Reale, currently home to the region of Sicily.
Inside the palace is preserved
the significant monument of Arab-Norman, ie the Chapel
Palatine, built by Roger II in the twelfth century and entirely covered with glittering gold mosaics and
inlays.
Continuing in the tourist route to visit monuments and museums with Escort can be
admire
Villa Niscemi, homonymous district of Palermo.
The exhibition grounds of Messe Palermo
Church of St. John of the Hermits, built on the ruins of an existing religious building
in the twelfth century, is one of the best known examples of Arab presence in Palermo
especially for the red domes and numerous pointed arches that decorate the interior
the church
Cathedral of the Assumption, built in the twelfth century but heavily altered over the centuries
later, that keeps inside neoclassical tombs of the emperors and Norman
sacred relics of St. Rosalia, the patron saint of the city of Palermo.
Following the itinerary of the visit
fifteenth-century Church of the Gancia,
Church of St Mary's
Martorana also called the name by which it is known, was built in
Norman and still decorated with beautiful mosaics of the twelfth century.
Finally, the escort recalls the visit of the Oratory of St. Zita, a small chapel dedicated to
Madonna who has a complex
stucco decoration in which are depicted biblical scenes and allegories,
Abatellis Palace, built in the fifteenth century and now houses the National Gallery of Sicily,
which are preserved valuable from the works of Sicilian artists such as Antonello da Messina of the fifteenth century
and Francesco Laurana
Parco della Favorita one of the parks of Palermo, which was once the hunting ground
King Ferdinand IV enriched by some of the buildings where they are currently carried out cultural and social activities.
Tourism in the province is quite developed with adequate hotel facilities,
with multiple attractions such as national
monuments of Palermo, a city of art and culture, the beautiful beaches of Mondello, Campofelice of Roccella and
Cefalu, a lively tourist town with functional hotels, a valuable center
historian, a marina, a promenade, the famous Rocca and the beautiful beaches.
The territories
Palermo occupy a significant portion of the north-west of Sicily, from the capital,
that rises to the west than the rest of the province, the area comes up to the town of Palermo Pollina,
last town before the border with the coastal province of Messina, is the considerable extension in
Sicily indoors, with the mountain complex Madonie.
Regarding the geography of the escort highlight a
prevalence of the mountainous and hilly area located behind the
narrow coastal plains, including the famous is the Conca d'Oro is located where the urban center of
Palermo, from this place open up large areas of mountainous
both east and west with several peaks more than a thousand meters of altitude, with mountain villages
and hills.