Casa Dolce Casa

I found it very very...

by princesss

I found it very very mediterenean and remember the 'siestas' when everything was closed and there was absolutely nobody on the streets. This is unlike in the bigger cities in the North of Italy. (Palermo is Italy's 4th city after Rome, Milan and Naples). I have travelled in the south of Europe but only found the 'real siestas in smaller villages (real siesta when a place is really 'dead'). I found the siestas very typical and a bit strange in a big city like Palermo and of course for a girl from the netherlands. But it also gave the city and region character.

Pane e milza

by lichinga about Specialities

Bread and spleen ("panino con la milza")is also a common traditional food you may easily find in the street markets or at some small stalls along the roads. The spleen is prepared during hours of cooking with onions, tomato and salt; sometimes raped cheese is also put within the the two pieces of bread that are commonly use to serve it.

The Cattedrale

by monkeyfeesh

The Cathedral was founded in 1185, but construction wasn't finished for centuries. It's set back from Corso Vittorio Emanuele with its own small gardens. It's an odd but spectacular sight; a very striking building with contrasting architectural styles. The eastern end of the exterior is twelfth-century original. The dome was added in the late eighteenth-century. It's much more interesting from the outside - the interior was "modernized" at the same time as the dome was added, and it's somewhat cold and lacking in the character of the other Palermitan churches. Inside, you can see a number of royal tombs such as that of Roger II, and can also gain access to the treasury and crypt (Mon - Sat 9:30am - 5:30pm, 1 euro 50).

Opening hours:
Mon - Sat - 7am - 7pm
Sun - 8am - 1:30pm and 4pm - 7 pm

P A L E R M O!!!!!!!

by ruki

The province of Palermo comprises eighty-two cities, many of which boasting a remarkable historical, cultural or naturalistic importance. Palermo, the Sicilian capital city, is a major tourist destination, dotted with plenty of amazing monuments such as the Cathedral, the Chiesa della Martorana, the Norman and the Zisa Palaces and a beautiful historic centre that in July hosts the famous Feast of St. Rosalie. Visitors may enjoy spots of folkloristic interest as well, like the Vucciria, a highly picturesque city market, and the Museo dei Pupi, founded some thirty years ago, dedicated to the traditional Sicilian puppet theatre, drawing tourists from around the world.

The Second World War bombings and an earthquake in 1968 produced catastrophic effects on Palermo, which, nonetheless, soon managed to regain its former splendor.
The streets are charming but many are rusty. Polulations in Palermo is about 2.2 milinons.

"protest"

I was looking for people from „Mafia and Godfather “ but I didn’t succeed to find. Mabye the next time. On the picture is the silent protest against the murder of one child in Palermo. They blockaded the traffic. The column of people was very long. It’s a tipical protest here.