Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Palermo, Italy

The Foro Italico is a pedestrian path and park along the seafront of Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

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The Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum of Palermo operates in the field of national and international, traditional and contemporary puppetry.

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The fountain of the Sea Horse is an eighteenth-century fountain. It is located in Piazza Santo Spirito in Palermo.

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The San Giovanni dei Napoletani (English: St John of the Neapolitans is a late-Baroque or neoclassical church of Palermo. It is located in the quarter of Kalsa of the historic centre of Palermo. It is located diagonally in front of the church of Santa Maria della Catena.

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Santa Maria della Catena is a Roman Catholic church located in the Piazza Dogana, now sandwiched between Strada Statale 113 and Via Vittorio Emanuele, located in the harbor-hugging quarter of Castellammare in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.

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The Doganella Fountain or Porto Salvo is a Renaissance fountain in Palermo, Italy, designed by Antonello Gagini in 1526.

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The church of Santa Maria di Porto Salvo is a Catholic place of worship in Palermo, located in the Kalsa district.

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The Garibaldi Garden, also called Villa Garibaldi, is a public garden in Palermo, Italy.

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The Garraffo Fountain is a Baroque fountain of Palermo. It is located in Piazza Marina, down the ancient Cassaro street, now called Via Vittorio Emanuele, within the historic centre of Palermo.

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The Garraffello fountain is a fountain from 1591. It is located in the square of the same name within the Vucciria district in the Castello a Mare district of Palermo.

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The Genius of Garraffo, also known as the Genius of Palermo al Garraffo, or in Sicilian Palermu lu Grandi, is a marble sculpture of the late fifteenth century, and is part of a sculptural group placed in a seventeenth-century aedicule, in Piazzetta del Garraffo, in the Vucciria market, in Palermo.

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The Biondo Theatre is a neoclassical and Art Nouveau-style theater building located on Via Roma #258, corner with Via Venezia, in the ancient quarter of Castellamare of central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. Diagonally across Via Roma is the ancient church of Sant'Antonio Abate and a stairwell descending into the warrens of the Vucciria Market.

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Quattro Canti, officially known as Piazza Vigliena, is a Baroque square in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy; it is considered the center of the historic quarters of the city. The site is the intersection of two major streets in Palermo, the Via Maqueda and the Corso Vittorio Emanuele, and at this intersection are the corners of all four of the ancient quarters of Palermo: the Kalsa (SE); Seralcadi (SW); Albergaria (wW); and Castellammare (NE). On the southwest corner stands the church of San Giuseppe dei Padre Teatini. A few steps away along the flank of this church, behind the Southeast corner building, along Via Maqueda is the Piazza and Fontana Pretoria, sandwiched between this church and Santa Caterina. A few more steps reaches San Cataldo and the ancient Norman church of La Martorana. About 500 meters west along the Cassaro is the piazza of the Cathedral of Palermo and the adjacent Palazzo Normani.

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San Giuseppe dei Teatini is a Roman Catholic church on via Vittorio Emanuele, at the southwest corner of the Quattro Canti, in the historic center of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The east flank of the nave faces the Fontana Pretoria, across the piazza from Santa Caterina. San Giuseppe is an example of the Sicilian Baroque in Palermo.

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The Church of Saint Nympha is a Baroque-Mannerist church of Palermo. The facade rises on Via Maqueda, a block north of the central intersection known as the Quattro Canti, in the quarter of Seralcadi, within the historic centre of Palermo. The church belongs to the Camillians.

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The Palermo Mosque is a Tunisian Sunni mosque located in the historic center of Palermo, in the Capo district.

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Palazzo Belmonte Riso is a historic building in Palermo, dating back to the eighteenth century, located at number 365 of Corso Vittorio Emanuele. The spaces of the palace house the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Sicily, also known as RISO.

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Santa Maria delle Grazie di Montevergine is a Baroque deconsecrated church in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. It is located on piazetta Montervergini. The church now functions as a theater: Teatro Nuovo Montevergini.

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The church of Sant'Agata is a church in Palermo, Italy, located in the area of the Capo district called "Guilla", at the western end of the Via del Celso.

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The church of San Ranieri e dei Santi Quaranta Martiri Pisani alla Guilla is a church in Palermo, Italy, located in Piazza Quaranta Martiri alla Guilla, in the Monte di Pietà district.

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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.

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The Church of the Holy Ten Thousand Martyrs is a Baroque church in Palermo, Italy.

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The Teatro al Massimo, originally known as Cineteatro Massimo, is a theater in Palermo located in the historic center in the Seralcadio district.

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The church of San Gioacchino all'Olivella is a place of worship located in the historic center of Palermo. Church dedicated to San Gioacchino, it is located in the Olivella district, from which it takes its name, on the corner of Via San Basilio and Via Patania.

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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.

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The Regional Archaeological Museum "Antonino Salinas" is a museum located in Palermo. It has one of the richest archaeological collections in Italy and evidence of Sicilian history in all its phases, ranging from prehistory to the Middle Ages. Inside are preserved the finds and artifacts of the peoples who have determined the history of the island: Phoenicians, Punics, Greeks, Romans and Byzantines, but also artifacts of other peoples such as the Egyptians and the Etruscans. The Palermo Stone is preserved there, an important testimony of the history of the Egyptian Old Kingdom.

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The Museum of the Risorgimento is an exhibition space in Palermo dedicated to the Risorgimento. The exhibition deals with themes related above all to the Sicilian revolution of 1848 and the phases of the expedition of the Thousand that took place in Sicily. It is named after Vittorio Emanuele Orlando.

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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.

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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.

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The Oratory of the Rosary of Saint Dominic is a Baroque oratory of Palermo. It is located near the Church of Saint Dominic, in the quarter of the Loggia, within the historic centre of Palermo.

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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.

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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.

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The Oratorio del Rosario di Santa Cita is a Baroque chapel or prayer room located in the quarter of the Castellamare within the historic center of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The site is best known for the remarkable stucco tableaux scenes composed during 1687-1718 by Giacomo Serpotta.

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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.

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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.

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