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 opening, 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). It is famous for its perfect acoustics

Porta Carini is located in the northern part of Palermo. It is the only one in that zone that survived at the building of Verdi Square, even if it is different from the original one. Its origins are uncertain, we only know that it already existed before 1310 and that it had a simple architecture, since it was formed by a stone arch and it had no decorations.

Il Capo of Palermo, characterized by the colors and abbanniate (shouts) of sellers, is the ultimate fish market, although there is also so much more, including fragrant spices and splendid churches to visit, among which the Church of the Immaculate Conception with its frescoes, paintings and polychrome marbles. You'll find lots of stalls for the sale of fish, some are full of noble fish, others only sell poor fish. In any case it is essential an expert eye to see if the fish is really fresh (the same eye of the fish is a good indicator of its freshness and then the color of the gills which should be bright red). Entering through the door Carini, after a hundred meters, on the left, a window on the street exposes fritters, "croquettes" and fried eggplant; the room inside is a perfect place for a lunch with excellent cheap express dishes which change daily according to the availability of seasonal produces. Good brown bread of Piana degli Albanesi is sold by a street along the main road

This small square is located just behind the Court of Palermo. It has been renamed "of memory" precisely because it is dedicated to judges who are victims of the mafia. In fact, in the adjacent perimeter there is a staircase on which the names of the victims are engraved, while in the center of the square stands a statue that resembles the shape of two wings. In general this place was conceived as a place of reflection and thought and for this reason the structure recalls the agora, the square of ancient Greece and the steel pillars should therefore symbolize the columns of the temples. Access is permitted For pedestrians only.

The Cathedral of Palermo is a treasure of the Norman architecture in Sicily. The Cathedral of Palermo is one of the most important architectural monuments in Sicily. It was built in 1184 by the Normans as a re-converted Christian church on the site of a Muslim Mosque that was previously built over a Christian basilica. This Cathedral is a must see when visiting Palermo!

Victory Square. Beginning of the twentieth century. In 1905, with the arrangement of Piazza Vittoria in Palermo, Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda designed Villa Bonanno, a villa named after the mayor of Palermo Pietro Bonanno who wanted this work to be built which redeveloped the floor in front of the Norman Palace. The villa is mainly characterized by its luxuriant palm trees and by some elements of considerable interest: "The guardian's house" designed by Almeyda, the marble bust of the mayor Bonanno with the base designed by Ernesto Basile, the monument dedicated to Philip IV made by Nunzio Morello in 1856 but designed in 1661 by Carlo d'Aprile with the collaboration of the Serpotta family and the remains of the two Roman patrician houses which were brought to light in the XNUMXth century.

The Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace) in Palermo, also known as the Palazzo dei Normanni (Palace of the Normans), is one of the most extraordinary buildings in Sicily. It chronicles the history of Palermo from the first Punic settlements to the present day. One of the many halls and rooms that can be visited is the Cappella Palatina (Palatine Chapel). Its sumptuous decoration is a veritable manifesto of Arab-Norman art and it has been a World Heritage Site since 2015. The ancient Torre Pisana houses the Palermo Astronomical Observatory and the Specola Museum, while temporary exhibitions are often held in the Sale del Duca di Montalto (Duke of Montalto Halls).