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Palermo Cathedral
Cathedral
4 bell towers top this architecturally diverse church dating from the 1100s & housing royal tombs.
4.70 (36.4K reviews)
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Oratorio di Santa Cita
Catholic church
👍👍 Utterly beautiful, almost no one there. Nearly unknown to tourists. In my view, a supreme masterpiece: beyond worth the price of admission - worth the plane ticket! Serpotta's decorative scheme really isn't decoration at all. The visual program, kind of a rococo Sistine Chapel in stucco with marble...
4.70 (852 reviews)
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Church of the Immaculate Conception
Catholic church
👍👍 This has to be the most underrated church in the world. Breathtaking interior, probably most PERFECT. Every piece is a work of art. Mostly made of stone, it's no surprise it took 140 years to complete. Please pay a visit to this church when you visit Palermo, I promise you will never forget it. For...
4.70 (517 reviews)
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Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore
Catholic church
👍 1071-The first building of the church with the Basilian monastery of cloistered nuns was founded by Robert Guiscard in Norman times. Today nothing remains of the ancient monastery, almost completely bombed in 1943, the remains were incorporated in a modern building which now houses a school.
Fresco...
4.70 (360 reviews)
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Santa Maria dello Spasimo
Church
Church built in 1506 but never completed, now used for open-air theatre, music & cultural events.
4.60 (2K reviews)
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Oratorio di San Lorenzo
Catholic church
👍 This oratory of Saint Lawrence was originally not a church, but rather was a meeting place for business guild members to meet and talk. The sculptures lining the upper walls are not marble, but instead have a wooden core covered by a stucco of marble dust. The original Caravaggio painting was stolen...
4.60 (416 reviews)
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Chiesa del Carmine Maggiore
Catholic church
👍👍 Da qualche settimana è possibile, acquistando un biglietto da 7 euro, oltre che visitare la chiesa del Carmine Maggiore all'interno dello storico ed animato mercato storico di Ballarò, salire sul suo campanile da cui si può ammirare la splendida cupola maiolicata della chiesa, coi suoi possenti tela...
4.60 (232 reviews)
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San Matteo al Cassaro
Catholic church
👍👍 The church of San Matteo, in Palermo, hides a secret trap door that allowed you to reach the undergrounds of the city and all their infinite branches: so is Natoli, in the events of the Beati Paoli. The church is baroque, sumptuous, rich in frescoes, bas-reliefs and stucco statues by Serpotta and d...
4.60 (138 reviews)
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Church of Saint John 'dei Lebbrosi'
Catholic church
👍 La chiesa è fuori dal centro e da qualsiasi itinerario turistico! Eppure è davvero un gioiello di epoca arabo-normanna, che per impianto e struttura si avvicina a San Giovanni degli eremiti e san Cataldo! Poco distante di trova anche il monumentale ponte fatto costruire da Giorgio di Antiochia per a...
4.50 (255 reviews)
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Church of San Cataldo
Catholic church
Atmospheric Arabic-style Norman church built in 1154 with mosaic floors & 3 red domes.
4.40 (1.4K reviews)
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Church of Santa Maria Della Catena
Catholic church
👍 Chiesa di origine tardo medievale dedicata alla Madonna della Catena e ubicata nei pressi del porto. Qui infatti, si trovava una lunga catena che veniva tesa fino al "Castello a mare" con lo scopo di proteggere l'ingresso del porto commerciale della città. L'aspetto esterno rivela uno stile rinascim...
4.40 (120 reviews)
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Arcidiocesi di Palermo
Catholic church
👍👍 In via Matteo Bonello n. 2 ha sede il Museo Diocesano di Palermo, in alcuni locali del Palazzo Arcivescovile destinati a questa istituzione dal cardinale Salvatore Pappalardo (negli ultimi decenni del XX secolo).
Nell'anta di destra del portale di ingresso del Museo, campeggia inchiodata l'elsa mis...
4.40 (116 reviews)