Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Palermo, Italy
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7 km
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Explore Palermo in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in PalermoIndividual Sights in PalermoSight 1: Santa Maria Porto Salvo
The church of Santa Maria di Porto Salvo is a Roman Catholic church in Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Sight 2: Fontana del Garraffello
The Garraffello Fountain is a fountain from 1591. It is located in the square of the same name in the Vucciria district in the Castello a Mare district in Palermo.
Sight 3: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio abate
Sight 4: Colonna dell'Immacolata
The Colonna dell'Immacolata Concezione is a monumental sculpture, whose centerpiece is a bronze statue of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception atop a column, erected in 1631 on Piazza San Domenico in Palermo, Sicily. The monument, which stands in front of the church of San Domenico is also referred to as the Colonna di San Domenico or Monumento all'Immacolata. The 18th-century monument falls within the tradition for example, of the guglia or spire monuments common to Naples.
Sight 5: Chiesa di San Domenico
San Domenico is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church, located on Piazza San Domenico, and located in the ancient quarter of La Loggia, in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. Piazza San Domenico opens to Via Roma a few blocks south of the large Palazzo delle Poste, and a few blocks north of Sant'Antonio Abate and Teatro Biondo, is the northern border of the warren of alleys of the Vucciria neighborhood. The church houses the burial monuments of many notable Sicilians, and is known thus as the Pantheon of illustrious Sicilians.
Sight 6: Chiesa di Santa Maria di Valverde
Santa Maria di Valvedre is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Squarcialupo #2 in the quarter of Castellamare of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.
Sight 7: Chiesa di Santa Cita
Santa Cita, reconsecrated in 1952 as San Mamiliano, is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Squarcialupo, 1, in the quarter of Castellammare of the city of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The church and its artworks suffered heavily the bombardment during the Second World War, but it still contains original works and is attached to the Oratory of the Rosary of Santa Cita and less than a block north of the church of Santa Maria di Valverde.
Sight 8: Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Genovesi
Saint George of the Genoese is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church located near the port of La Cala, on Via Buon Pastore in the ancient quarter of the Loggia, in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.
Sight 9: Castello a Mare
Castello a Mare or Castellammare is an ancient fortress that guarded the entrance to the port at Palermo in La Cala. Extensive remains are visible, some of which are open to the public. There is a Norman keep, a fortified gate or entrance, and remains of a sophisticated Renaissance star-shaped defence.
Sight 10: Santa Croce
The church of the Santa Croce is an Anglican nineteenth -century Church located in via Roma in Palermo. It is the only Anglican church in the city.
Sight 11: Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo
The church of Saints Peter and Paul is a place of worship in Palermo, Italy.
Sight 12: Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella
The Church of Saint Ignatius is a Baroque church of Palermo. It is located in the ancient neighborhood of the Olivella, in the quarter of the Loggia, within the historic centre of Palermo.
Sight 13: Chiesa di San Gioacchino
The church of San Gioacchino alla Olivella is a cult building located in the historic center of Palermo. Church dedicated to San Gioacchino, is located in the Olivella district, from which it takes its name, on the corner of via San Basilio and via Patania.
Sight 14: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino
The Church of Saint Augustine is a Gothic church of Palermo. It is located near the market of the Capo, in the quarter of the Seralcadio, within the historic centre of Palermo. The church is also called Santa Rita, because of the devotion to this Augustinian saint.
Sight 15: ex Chiesa dei Diecimila Martiri
The Church of the Holy Ten Thousand Martyrs is a Baroque church in Palermo, Italy.
Sight 16: Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione
The Church of the Immaculate Conception is a Baroque church of Palermo. It is located on the busy streets composing the markets of the Capo, in the quarter of the Seralcadio, within the historic centre of Palermo.
Sight 17: Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola
San Francesco di Paola is a 16th-century Roman Catholic church and monastery, located on Via Carini corner Piazza San Francesco di Paola, in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.
Sight 18: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità
The Church of the Holy Trinity at Zisa or Palatine Chapel of Zisa is a Norman church in Palermo, Italy. It is located almost at the intersection of Via Normanni, Via Whitaker and Piazza Zisa, in the Zisa district, on the heights of the city, north of the Zisa Palace.
Sight 19: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pace
The church of Santa Maria della Pace is a late Gothic church later renovated in the Baroque style in the Cuba district of Palermo.
Sight 20: Catacombe dei Cappuccini
The Capuchin convent in Palermo, in the Cuba district, is annexed to the church of Santa Maria della Pace. The church and convent date back to the sixteenth century, although they were built on earlier structures. In the basement there are the famous catacombs of the Capuchins in Gothic style, so called but in reality a cemetery and not a catacomb, that is, a place of worship and early Christian meeting.
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