Palermo
Palermo is on the northern coast of the Italian island of Sicily. It is a city with a thousand years of history, beautiful Arab-Norman architecture, amazing food, and lively neighbourhoods.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palatine Chapel and Stadio Renzo Barbera.
Palatine Chapel
Museum
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palatine Chapel /ˈpælətaɪn ˈtʃæpəl/ 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.
Stadio Renzo Barbera
Stadium
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Stadio Renzo Barbera is a football stadium in Palermo, Italy. It is currently the home stadium of Palermo FC. The stadium was inaugurated during the fascist era on 24 January 1932, and was originally named Stadio Littorio after the Italian word for the fasces symbol.
Teatro Massimo
Theater building
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located on the Piazza Verdi in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Albergaria, Palermo and Ciaculli.
Albergaria, Palermo
Neighborhood
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Albergaria or Albergheria, also known as Palazzo Reale, is a historical quarter of the Italian city of Palermo in Sicily. The district is southwest of Castellammare.
Ciaculli
Village
Photo: Conca d‘ Oro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ciaculli is an outlying village of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. It is located in the south-eastern area of Palermo Metropolitan City. It counts fewer than 9,500 residents. Ciaculli is situated 5 km southeast of Palermo.
Palermo
- Type: Locality with 663,000 residents
- Also known as: “082053”
- Location: Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
38.1157° or 38° 6′ 57″ northLongitude
13.3614° or 13° 21′ 41″ eastPopulation
663,000Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
8FCM4986+7HGeoNames ID
6542127
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Palermo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باليرمو”
- Armenian: “Պալերմո”
- Belarusian: “Горад Палерма”
- Bulgarian: “Палермо”
- Catalan: “Palerm”
- Chinese: “巴勒莫”
- Corsican: “Palermu”
- French: “Palerme”
- Georgian: “პალერმო”
- Greek: “Παλέρμο”
- Hebrew: “פלרמו”
- Hindi: “पलेर्मो”
- Italian: “Comune di Palermo”
- Italian: “Palermo”
- Japanese: “パレルモ”
- Korean: “팔레르모”
- Latin: “Panormus”
- Lithuanian: “Palermas”
- Macedonian: “Палермо”
- Marathi: “पालेर्मो”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Palèrme”
- Ossetian: “Палермо”
- Persian: “پالرمو”
- Piemontese: “Palerm”
- Russian: “Палермо”
- Serbian: “Палермо”
- Sicilian: “Palermu”
- Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Palermo”
- Thai: “ปาแลร์โม”
- Ukrainian: “Палермо”
- Venetian: “Pałermo”
- Yiddish: “פאלערמא”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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