Talk Talk With Carl and Kacey Palermo Sicily
Palermo is vibrant, filled with activities, museums and a mirade of churches, monasteries and convents. Five or more palazzi, or palaces, are museums. Each have histories and stories to intrigue visitors. Food in Palermo is amazingly good. High quality ingredients and a light touch in preparation, make outstanding meals.
Teatro Massimo
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. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (at the time of its inauguration, it was – with its area of 7730 m2 – the third largest opera house in Europe after the Palais Garnier in Paris, and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna),[1] renowned for its perfect acoustics.
https://www.teatromassimo.it/en/guided-tours/
Palermo Sicily, Main Cathedrale Roof
Palermo Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo, located in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. As an architectural complex, it is characterized by the presence of different styles, due to a long history of additions, alterations and restorations, the last of which occurred in the 18th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo_Cathedral
Oratorio del Rosario di Santa Cita
The Oratorio del Rosario di Santa Cita is a Baroque chapel or prayer room located in the quarter of the Castellamare within the historic center of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The site is best known for the remarkable stucco tableaux scenes composed during 1687-1718 by Giacomo Serpotta.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oratorio_del_Rosario_di_Santa_Cita,_Palermo
Palazzo Sclafani
Palazzo Sclafani is a medieval former aristocratic palace located on Piazza della Vittoria #14, in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. Across the Piazza della Vittoria park rises the Palazzo dei Normanni and the street along the park leads in a block to the cathedral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Sclafani
Opera dei Pupi
The Opera dei Pupi (Sicilian: opra î pupi in Palermo, Sicilian: opira î pupi in Catania;[1] English: “Opera of the Puppets”) is a marionette theatrical representation of Frankish romantic poems traditionally performed in Sicily, Italy.
Inscribed in the UNESCO‘s List of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001, it dates back to the third decade of the nineteenth century,[2] and was particularly successful among the middle and lower classes, becoming one of Sicily’s most significant expressions of history and cultural identity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_dei_Pupi
Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore
The Church of Most Holy Saviour (Italian: Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore) is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on #396 of the ancient main street of the Palermo, the Cassaro, presently Via Vittorio Emanuele, in the ancient quarter of the Albergaria of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santissimo_Salvatore,_Palermo
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