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2. Foro Italico, Palermo - Wikipedia

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   The Foro Italico (Italian Forum) is a pedestrian path and park along the seafront of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. In 1582, viceroy Marcantonio Colonna created a walking path in this part of the coast, that became a favorite destination for the leisure of the upper classes of the city in the 17th and 18th centuries. [ 1 ]

3. Quattro Canti - Wikipedia

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   The site is the intersection of two major streets in Palermo, the Via Maqueda and the Corso Vittorio Emanuele (also known as the Cassaro), and at this intersection are the corners of all four of the ancient quarters (Cantons or Canti) of Palermo: the Kalsa (SE); Seralcadi (SW); Albergaria (wW); and Castellammare (NE).

4. Mount Pellegrino - Wikipedia

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   Palermo Harbor with Mount Pellegrino. Castello Utveggio is on the left promontory. Mount Pellegrino is a hill facing east on the bay of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, located north of the city. It is 606 metres (1,970 ft) high with panorama views of the city, its surrounding mountains and the Tyrrhenian Sea.

5. Walking tour - Wikipedia

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   Another early type of tour was The Grand Tour, undertaken in Europe in the 17th through 19th centuries, as part of a wealthy young man's education, [3] this involved a lengthy tour of Europe, with visits to cities, historic and cultural sites, which would involve similar walking tours as those undertaken by modern tourists. [4]

6. Catacombe dei Cappuccini - Wikipedia

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   The project is led by anthropologist Dario Piombino-Mascali of the Department of Cultural Heritage and Sicilian Identity in Palermo, and is backed by the European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano [14] [15] The mummies are X-Rayed and CT scanned to collect information about them, along with other anthropological and paleopathological techniques to ...

7. Piazza Bellini, Palermo - Wikipedia

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   It is located in the heart of the city, near the central Via Maqueda and Piazza Pretoria, in the quarter of the Kalsa, within the historic centre of Palermo. In its perimeter are located two buildings dating back to the era of Norman Sicily : the churches of Martorana and San Cataldo (both are UNESCO World Heritage Sites as part of Arab-Norman ...