Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Palermo, Italy
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7.7 km
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 PalermoSight 1: Museo storico dei motori e dei meccanismi
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
Sight 2: Aereo Lockheed F104-S (Starfighter)
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.
Sight 3: Chiesa del Carmine Maggiore
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.
Sight 4: Il Genio di Palermo
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.
Sight 5: Chiesa di San Nicolò da Tolentino (Palermo)
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.
Sight 6: Chiesa di Sant'Orsola
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.
Sight 7: Chiesa del Gesù (Casa Professa)
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.
Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Chiara
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.
Sight 9: Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore
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.
Sight 10: Palermo Cathedral
Book Ticket*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.
Sight 11: Museo Diocesano di Palermo (MUdiPA)
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.
Sight 12: Palatine Chapel
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.
Sight 13: Museo dell'Osservatorio Astronomico
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.
Sight 14: Fontana del dragone
The Fountain of the Two Dragons is a historic fountain in Palermo, Italy.
Sight 15: Necropoli punica
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.
Sight 16: Castello della Cuba (Cuba sottana)
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.
Sight 17: 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 18: 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
Sight 19: 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.
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