Porta Felice
Porta Felice is a monumental city gate of Palermo, Sicily; the gate is located in the zone of the Foro Italico and the Castellammare quarter. It represents the water-side entrance into Via Vittorio Emanuele, the most ancient main street of the city.Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include International Puppet Museum and Sea-horse fountain (Palermo).
International Puppet Museum
Museum
Photo: Stendhal55, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum of Palermo operates in the field of national and international, traditional and contemporary puppetry. International Puppet Museum is situated 140 metres southwest of Porta Felice.
Santa Maria della Catena
Church
Photo: Pedrassani, CC BY 3.0.
Santa Maria della Catena is a Roman Catholic church located in the Piazza Dogana, now sandwiched between Strada Statale 113 and Via Vittorio Emanuele, located in the harbor-hugging quarter of Castellammare in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. Santa Maria della Catena is situated 160 metres west of Porta Felice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castellammare, Palermo and Monte di Pietà, Palermo.
Castellammare, Palermo
Neighborhood
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castellammare, also called La Loggia, is one of the original quarters of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The four original districts or mandamenti were established during the Spanish rule of Palermo.
Monte di Pietà, Palermo
Neighborhood
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monte di Pietà, also called Seralcadi, Seralcadio, or il Capo, is one of the original quarters of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The four original districts were established during the Spanish rule of Palermo.
Porta Felice
- Type: Arch
- Description: building in Palermo, Italy
- Categories: city gate, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Circoscrizione I, Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Porta Felice” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Porta Felice”
- Chinese: “費利切門”
- Chinese: “费利切门”
- Czech: “Porta Felice”
- Dutch: “Porta Felice”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا فيليس”
- French: “Porta Felice”
- German: “Porta Felice”
- Hungarian: “Porta Felice”
- Italian: “Porta Felice”
- Turkish: “Felice Kapısı”
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