Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Palermo, Italy

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 10.1 km
Ascend 172 m
Descend 178 m

Experience Palermo in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in PalermoIndividual Sights in Palermo

Sight 1: Catacombe dei Cappuccini

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Catacombe dei Cappuccini

The Cappuccini convent in Palermo, in the Cuba district, is annexed to the church of Santa Maria della Pace. Church and convent date back to the 16th century, although built on previous structures. In the basement there are the famous Gothic -style Capuchins catacombs, so called but in reality cemetery and not catacombs, that is, a place of worship and early Christian meeting.

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

1256 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 2: Catacombe di Porta d'Ossuna

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Catacombe di Porta d'Ossuna

The Catacombs of Porta d'Ossuna are an early Christian underground cemetery in Palermo, Italy.

Wikipedia: Catacombe di Porta d'Ossuna (IT), Website

574 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa di San Ranieri e dei Santi Quaranta Martiri Pisani

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Ranieri e dei Santi Quaranta Martiri Pisani (IT)

101 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Chiesa di Sant'Agata alla Guilla

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

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Agata alla Guilla (IT)

240 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: 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

305 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: 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)

205 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: 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)

297 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: 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)

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

235 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Agonizzanti

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Santa Maria degli Agonizzanti or Holy Mary of those in agony) is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on via Giovanni da Procida, just south of Via Roma, in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. It is located in the quarter of the Kalsa, within the historic centre of Palermo.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria degli Agonizzanti, Palermo (EN)

162 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Chiesa di Sant'Anna la Misericordia

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The Church of Saint Anne the Mercy is a Baroque church of Palermo. It is located in the area of the ancient market of Lattarini, in the quarter of the Kalsa, within the historic centre of Palermo. The church is kept by the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance.

Wikipedia: Sant'Anna la Misericordia (EN)

245 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio

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Church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio

The Church of St. Mary of the Admiral, also called Martorana, is the seat of the Parish of San Nicolò dei Greci, overlooking the Piazza Bellini, next to the Norman church of San Cataldo and facing the Baroque church of Santa Caterina, in Palermo, Italy.

Wikipedia: Church of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio (EN)

22 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: Church of San Cataldo

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The Church of San Cataldo is a Catholic church located at Piazza Bellini, in central Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Erected in 1154 as a notable example of the Arab-Norman architecture which flourished in Sicily under Norman rule on the island, the church is annexed to that of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio. Since the 1930s, it belongs to the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.

Wikipedia: Church of San Cataldo (EN)

103 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa di San Giuseppe dei Teatini

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Chiesa di San Giuseppe dei Teatini

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.

Wikipedia: San Giuseppe dei Teatini, Palermo (EN)

182 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa di Santa Caterina

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Santa Caterina d'Alessandria or Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a Roman Catholic church with a main facade on Piazza Bellini, and a lateral Western facade facing the elaborate Fontana Pretoria, in the historic quarter of Kalsa in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. In front of the main facade, across the piazza Bellini, rise the older churches of San Cataldo and Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio, while across Piazza Pretoria is the Theatine church of San Giuseppe and the entrance to the Quattro Canti. Refurbished over the centuries, the church retains elements and decorations from the Renaissance, Baroque, and late-Baroque (Rococo) eras. This church is distinct from the Oratorio di Santa Caterina found in the Olivella neighborhood.

Wikipedia: Santa Caterina, Palermo (EN)

119 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Chiesa di San Matteo al Cassaro

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The Church of Saint Matthew is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. It is located in the main street of the city, the ancient Cassaro now Corso Vittorio Emanuele, in the quarter of the Loggia, about a block east of the Quattro Canti, within the historic centre of Palermo.

Wikipedia: San Matteo al Cassaro (EN)

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio abate

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238 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Chiesa di San Domenico

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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.

Wikipedia: San Domenico, Palermo (EN)

277 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Chiesa di Santa Cita

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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.

Wikipedia: Santa Cita, Palermo (EN)

149 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Genovesi

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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.

Wikipedia: San Giorgio dei Genovesi, Palermo (EN)

560 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 22: Castello a Mare

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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.

Wikipedia: Castello a Mare (EN)

1009 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 23: Chiesa di San Giovanni dei Napoletani

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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.

Wikipedia: San Giovanni dei Napoletani, Palermo (EN)

335 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 24: Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli - La Gancia

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Santa Maria della Gancia, also known as Santa Maria degli Angeli, is a 15th-century Roman Catholic church, adjacent to a convent, located on Via Alloro #27 in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria della Gancia, Palermo (EN)

397 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 25: Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi

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The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church of Palermo. It is located near a major and ancient street of the city, via Cassaro, in the quarter of the Kalsa, within the historic centre of Palermo. The building represents the main Conventual Franciscan church of Sicily, and has the title of minor basilica.

Wikipedia: San Francesco d'Assisi, Palermo (EN)

501 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 26: Parrocchia Santissima Trinità - Basilica la Magione

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Parrocchia Santissima Trinità - Basilica la Magione Matthias Süßen / CC BY-SA 2.5

La Magione is a 12th-century Norman-Gothic architecture, Roman Catholic Basilica church, located on Via Magione #44, the entrance to the facade, which faces southeast, is through a garden path midway between via Castrofilippo and Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, in the ancient quarter of Kalsa of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The apse of the church is on the southeast corner of Piazza Magione.

Wikipedia: La Magione, Palermo (EN)

1121 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 27: Chiesa di San Francesco Saverio

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The Church of Saint Francis Xavier is a Baroque church of Palermo. It is located on the Street of the same name in the quarter of the Albergaria, within the historic centre of Palermo. The building is considered the masterpiece of the Jesuit architect Angelo Italia.

Wikipedia: San Francesco Saverio, Palermo (EN)

423 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 28: Chiesa di San Giuseppe Cafasso

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San Giorgio in Kemonia, some decades ago renamed as San Giuseppe Cafasso, is a Roman Catholic parish church located on Via dei Benedettini #13 in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. In 1953, the church was rededicated to Joseph Cafasso (1811-1860), patron saint of prisoners, due to former nearby female prison. The apse of the ancient church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti ends on the right flank of the church. Across the street are a series of building forming the Giovanni di Cristina Children's Hospital.

Wikipedia: San Giorgio in Kemonia (EN)

21 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 29: Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti

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Church of San Giovanni degli Eremitidalbera from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

San Giovanni degli Eremiti is an ancient former monastic church located on Via Benedettini #19 in the ancient quarter of Albergaria of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. It is about two blocks south from the Palazzo dei Normanni, adjacent to the church of San Giorgio in Kemonia. While the interior is virtually devoid of decoration or furnishings, the red Norman-Byzantine domes, the medieval cloister ruins, and garden make this small church a symbol of ancient Palermo.

Wikipedia: San Giovanni degli Eremiti (EN)

438 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 30: Palatine Chapel

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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

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