Chiesa del Carmine Maggiore

“Perchè rimarrai senza parole di fronte quella distesa verde che guarda il mare!”

“Laid out by Léon Dufourny and Venanzio Marvuglia, this raffish, sub-tropical paradise shelters massive fig trees, tall palms and dazzling hibiscus bushes, an avenue of bizarre-looking bottle and soap trees, as well as coffee trees, papaya plants and sycamores. It's a soothing haven of silence and fascinating botany, with shaded pathways, the odd dog and a large herb garden focused on Mediterranean plants.”

“If one was in Palermo only one day, they had to visit the quattro canti, the fontana pretoria, the 2 Norman churches of Martorana and San Cataldo, and then this amazing Baroque church, chosen here among a hundred, for its great beauty, as well as its proximity to the other sites I have just quoted! All of these sites are next to one another and they'll give you an idea of a very complex city, its history and architecture!”

“Piccola chiesa in stile arabo-normanno, che anticamente annetteva un lebbrosario voluto da Ruggero II in memoria del fratello Goffredo, morto di lebbra. Affascinante.”