Villa San Marco

Villa San Marco is a park in Santa Flavia, Palermo, Sicily. Villa San Marco is situated nearby to the sports venue San Marco Sport Village, as well as near the government office INPS.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Solunto and Villa Palagonia.

Solunto

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Soluntum or Solus was an ancient city on the Tyrrhenian coast of Sicily, near present-day Porticello in the comune of Santa Flavia, Italy. The site is a major tourist attraction.

Villa Palagonia

Historic building

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The Villa Palagonia is a patrician villa in Bagheria, 15 km from Palermo, in Sicily, southern Italy. The villa itself, built from 1715 by the architect Tommaso Napoli with the help of Agatino Daidone, is one of the earliest examples of Sicilian Baroque. Villa Palagonia is situated 800 metres southwest of Villa San Marco.

Sant’Anna

Church

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Sant’Anna is a church, which is situated 520 metres east of Villa San Marco.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bagheria and Porticello.

Bagheria

Town

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Bagheria is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in Sicily, located approximately 10 km to the east of Palermo's city centre. The first residential areas date back to the 17th century, when the Sicilian nobles chose this territory to build their holiday estates.

Porticello

Village

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Porticello is a fishing port in Sicily, Italy, located between Palermo and Cefalu. It is a frazione or village within the township of Santa Flavia. The village is dominated by the remains of the Punic civilization city of Solunto, one of the first Phoenician trading posts established in Sicily.