Palermo · Sicily
Palermo History & Culture
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About Palermo
Palermo rewards travellers who look past the surface: Norman palaces built on Arab foundations, Byzantine mosaics glowing gold, and street markets that have traded in the same alleys for a thousand years. The city's layered Greek, Arab, Norman and Spanish past is best understood with someone who knows it, whether that means stepping inside a private noble residence on the Palazzo Conte Federico: Exclusive Tour with the Owning Family in Palermo or tracing the Cappella Palatina's extraordinary mosaics on the Palermo: Cappella Palatina and Palazzo dei Normanni Guided Tour.
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Palermo's history is unusually layered: Phoenician, Greek, Arab, Norman, Swabian, Angevin and Spanish rule all left physical traces, often in the same building. A good history and culture experience connects those layers rather than listing monuments.
