Exploring the environs of
Palermo
Tour plan for today: we tour Palermo,
tour Monreale, have free time in
Palermo, and finish it with a puppet
show.
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Credits
• Most pictures taken by Joe Naumann
• Some pictures taken by others using
Joe’s camera
• A few pictures were taken by Ginny
Naumann
• A few pictures were from Lea Barlow’s
gift CD (Thanks Lea)
• Maps and animations from the internet
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Palermo: Part of the Norman
Castle & Chapel
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Park across from Norman castle
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Courtyard of Norman Castle
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Entrance to Chapel
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Fabulous
mosaics at the
entrance to the
chapel, as well
as inside.
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Baptismal
Font of the
Chapel
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Royal coach in Norman castle
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Walking to the Duomo
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Bridges to
the Duomo
span the
street
behind the
cathedral
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Side entrance to the cathedral
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Interior
side altar
of the
Duomo
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Main altar of celebration
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Interior of
the Palermo
Duomo
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Several
royal tombs
are on the
main level
of the
Cathedral
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Steep, windy road to Monreale
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Steps to Monreale – we took a cab
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Palermo viewed from Monreale
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Baptistry of
the Duomo of
Monreale
seen from a
side street.
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Front of the Cathedral
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Baptistery
Tower in
Monreale
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Side of the Cathedral
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Bell tower
seen from
the park
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Where shall we go next?
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Narrow
streets, and
yet they drive
on them
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Looking up the hillside
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Looking
down from
Monreale –
way, way
down!
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Back to Palermo for lunch
and shopping and picture
taking.
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Palermo Theater
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Palermo Theater
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Palermo Opera House
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Inviting
streets – if
only we had
more time
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We get tired and take a cab
back to the hotel and rest
before dinner.
• The larger part of the tour group meet
the bus and go to see a Sicilian puppet
show using puppets like the ones we
had seen in the museum at Taormina.
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Sicily has been conquered by
many people
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Victors were always
temporary rulers of Sicily
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The Sicilian
gene pool has
its roots in
many places.
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• My Sicilian great
grandfather was more
than 6 feet tall, had
blond hair and blue
eyes, and had a fair
complexion – his wife
was the opposite. 37
Frederick Barbarosa’s court?
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Dinner at the Mondello Palace
• Mary Jane had mentioned the previous
evening that she missed not having had a
chance to have artichokes while in Sicily.
• Jim Cooper, being the thoughtful
gentleman he is, mentioned this to Enzo,
our guide.
• Enzo talked to the chef, and we were
surprised with a special course of batterdipped, fried quarters of small, tender
artichokes as a special course at dinner.
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