HISTORY

Palermo boasts a long and eventful history beginning with the Phoenician conquest and going through the Roman, Arab, Norman and Swabian dominations. The Arab enormously contributed to the city growth and left indelible traces of their civilization, notably in the architecture and in the urban layout of the city. The Norman made Palermo the capital city of the Kingdom of Sicily that achieved its height under Roger II who would remarkably foster Sicilian arts and economy. Fond of beauty, in all of its forms, Roger ordered the construction of numerous palazzi, that, still, are major attractions of the town. The Swabian Frederick II was also a lover and patron of arts. He founded a school of poetry and actively contributed to developing natural and physical sciences. Upon his death the Island was taken by the French Angevins, of whom is far more remembered the bad tax policy than the cultural one. The Sicilian Vespers, a revolt broken out in Palermo in 1282 soon spreading to the rest of the Island would ultimately drive them from Sicily. Despite the lost of its status as capital city to Naples, Palermo enjoyed a new period of prosperity, notably marked by a remarkable urban growth. It followed the Catalan-Aragon rule that, following Ferdinand marriage to Isabel of Castile, would join the latter Spanish dynasty. Palermo’s major palazzi and churches were refurbished and restored and many new ones were built, most thanks to local clergy.

Palermo
Alia
Alimena
Alimusa
Altavilla Milicia
Altofonte
Bagheria
Balestrate
Baucina
Belmonte Mezzagno
Bisacquino
Blufi
Bolognetta
Bompietro
Borgetto
Caccamo
Caltavuturo
Campofelice Di Fitalia
Campofelice Di Roccella
Campofiorito
Camporeale
Capaci
Carini
Castelbuono
Casteldaccia
Castellana Sicula
Castelnuovo Di Sicilia
Castronovo Di Sicilia
Cefalà
Cefalù
Cerda
Chiusa Sclafani
Ciminnà
Cinisi
Collesano
Contessa Entellina
Corleone
Ficarazzi
Gangi
Geraci Siculo
Giardinello
Giuliana
Godrano
Gratteri
Isnello
Isola Delle Femmine
Lascari
Lercara Friddi
Marineo
Mezzojuso
Misilmeri
Monreale
Montelepre
Montemaggiore Belsito
Palazzo Adriano
Partinico
Petralia Soprana
Petralia Sottana
Piana Degli Albanesi
Polizzi Generosa
Pollina
Prizzi
Roccamena
Roccapalumba
San Cipirello
San Giuseppe Iato
San Mauro Castelverde
Santa Cristina Gela
Santa Flavia
Sciara
Scillato
Sclafani Bagni
Termini Imerese
Terrasini
Torretta
Trabia
Trappeto
Ustica
Valledolmo
Ventimiglia Di Sicilia
Vicari
Villabate
Villafrati

Isola di Ustica
Monti Madonie
Bosco Della Ficuzza
Mondello
Porticello
San Martino Delle Scale
Solunto
Solanto
Scavi Del Monte Jato

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