Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Palermo, Italy

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 7.7 km
Ascend 148 m
Descend 133 m

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 Palermo

Sight 1: Museo storico dei motori e dei meccanismi

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Museo storico dei motori e dei meccanismi Museo Storico dei Motori e dei Meccanismi - Sistema Museale dell'Università degli Studi di Palermo / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Historical Museum of Engines and Mechanisms - also "Museum of Motors" for short - is an Italian academic museum that is part of the University Museum System of the University of Palermo.

Wikipedia: Museo storico dei motori e dei meccanismi (IT), Url, Youtube

182 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Aereo Lockheed F104-S (Starfighter)

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Aereo Lockheed F104-S (Starfighter) Netherlands Institute for Military History / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic air superiority fighter which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War. Created as a day fighter by Lockheed as one of the "Century Series" of fighter aircraft for the United States Air Force (USAF), it was developed into an all-weather multirole aircraft in the early 1960s and produced by several other nations, seeing widespread service outside the United States.

Wikipedia: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (EN)

1653 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa del Carmine Maggiore

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The church of the Carmine Maggiore is a Roman Catholic church located on Piazza Carmine in front of an open market in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.

Wikipedia: Carmine Maggiore, Palermo (EN)

602 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Il Genio di Palermo

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Il Genio di Palermo Fabrice de Nola, publisher Palazzo Isnello - Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Genius of Piazza Rivoluzione or Fontana del Genio, formerly known as the Genius of the Pier or the Genius of the Fieravecchia, is a statue of the sixteenth century placed on a fountain of the nineteenth century located in Piazza Rivoluzione, in the Fieravecchia district of Palermo.

Wikipedia: Genio di Piazza Rivoluzione (IT)

393 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di San Nicolò da Tolentino (Palermo)

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San Nicola da Tolentino, or more in non-dialect known as the church Saint Niccolò da Tolentino, is a Roman Catholic church located on via Maqueda #157, between via dei Calderai and via Giardinaccio, at the Southwest border of the quarter of Kalsa (Tribunali) of the historic centre of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Nicola da Tolentino, Palermo (EN)

235 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Chiesa di Sant'Orsola

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The Church of Saint Ursula of the Blacks is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located in the central Via Maqueda #110, adjacent to the Palazzo Comitini, in the quarter of the Albergaria, within the historic centre of Palermo, Region of Sicily, Italy.

Wikipedia: Sant'Orsola, Palermo (EN)

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa del Gesù (Casa Professa)

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The Church of the Gesù, known also as the Saint Mary of Jesus or the Casa Professa, is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church established under the patronage of the Jesuit order, and located at Piazza Casa Professa 21 in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.

Wikipedia: Church of the Gesù, Palermo (EN)

297 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Chiara

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Santa Chiara all'Albergaria refers to a church and former monastery located in piazza Santa Chiara, in the quarter of Albergaria in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The church is located near the busy outdoor Ballarò marketplace.

Wikipedia: Santa Chiara all'Albergaria (EN)

205 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore

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The Church of Most Holy Saviour is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in Palermo, Italy. It is located at #396 of the ancient main street of Palermo, the Cassaro, presently Via Vittorio Emanuele, in the ancient Albergaria quarter.

Wikipedia: Santissimo Salvatore, Palermo (EN)

305 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Palermo Cathedral

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Palermo Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo, located in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. As an architectural complex, it is characterized by the presence of different styles, due to a long history of additions, alterations and restorations, the last of which occurred in the 18th century.

Wikipedia: Palermo Cathedral (EN), Website

69 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Museo Diocesano di Palermo (MUdiPA)

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The Diocesan Museum of Palermo is a museum of religious art in Palermo on Sicily, housed in a number of rooms in the Palazzo Arcivescovile opposite Palermo Cathedral.

Wikipedia: Diocesan Museum of Palermo (EN), Website

468 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 12: Palatine Chapel

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Palatine Chapel No machine-readable author provided. Urban~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Palatine Chapel is the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily. This building is a mixture of Byzantine, Norman and Fatimid architectural styles, showing the tricultural state of Sicily during the 12th century after Roger I and Robert Guiscard conquered the island.

Wikipedia: Cappella Palatina (EN), Website

78 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Museo dell'Osservatorio Astronomico

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Museo dell'Osservatorio AstronomicoG.dallorto / Attribution

The Giuseppe S. Vaiana Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, housed inside the Palazzo dei Normanni. It is one of the research facilities of the National Institute of Astrophysics. The observatory carries out research projects in the field of astronomy and astrophysics including the study of solar and stellar coronas, stellar evolution and of the supernova remnants.

Wikipedia: Palermo Astronomical Observatory (EN)

1033 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 14: Fontana del dragone

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The Fountain of the Two Dragons is a historic fountain in Palermo, Italy.

Wikipedia: Fontana dei due Draghi (IT)

98 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Necropoli punica

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Necropoli punicaJean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

The Punic necropolis of Palermo is a necropolis dating back to the Punic-Roman period. It is located in the western part of the city and the part that can be visited is located under the Tukory barracks, between Piazza Indipendenza, Corso Pisani, Via Cuba, Via Pindemonte and Via Danisinni.

Wikipedia: Necropoli punica di Palermo (IT)

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Castello della Cuba (Cuba sottana)

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Castello della Cuba (Cuba sottana) Sebastian Fischer / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Cuba is a recreational palace in the Sicilian city of Palermo, originally part of the Sollazzi Regi group of Norman palaces. It was built in 1180 by William II of Sicily in his Royal Park, together with an artificial lake. The name Cuba derives either from its cubical form, or the Arabic Qubba, "dome". It is an imitation of the Zisa palace. In July 2015 it was included in the UNESCO Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale World Heritage Site.

Wikipedia: Cuba Palace (EN)

663 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 17: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pace

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The church of Santa Maria della Pace is a late Gothic church later renovated in the Baroque style in the Cuba district of Palermo.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pace (Palermo) (IT)

22 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 18: Catacombe dei Cappuccini

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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.

Wikipedia: Catacombe dei Cappuccini (IT), Website, Telegram, Instagram

918 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 19: La Cubula

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La Cubula

Cubula is a small Arab-Norman building of Palermo. It is once where the waters that fed the Treirira lake and is located inside the Garden of the Genoardo Park wanted by King Guglielmo II of Sicily.

Wikipedia: Cubula (IT)

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