Palermo is a city with more than 2,700 years of history behind it. From the time of its founding by the Phoenicians to the contemporary times as Italy’s Capital of Culture, Palermo takes pride in its ...

Palermo has just been named Italy's new Capital of Culture. Photo: Massimo Frasson/Flickr Palermo is Italy's Capital of Culture for 2018, and there are plenty of reasons to visit the Sicilian city.

Set on a "glittering" bay against a sweeping mountain backdrop, Palermo is the most "adorable and underrated" city in Italy, says Stanley Stewart in Condé Nast Traveller. For millennia, the Sicilian ...

This article is more than 3 years old. With its checkered history dating back more than 2,700 years, Palermo is a melting pot of history, architecture and food. For many, this is a jumping-off point ...

“At the same time, poetic desolation and ‘beauty’ of the ruins and debris [have become] Palermo’s signature, the one that makes it look charmingly untidy, disordered and free-spirited.” She also notes ...

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