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Places to visit in Palermo

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Punto Pizzo Free

Punto Pizzo Free is a stop on Via Vittorio Emanuele in Palermo, Sicily, tied to the story of pizzo, the extortion racket run by the Sicilian Mafia, and to the people who say no to it. It matters because it puts a hidden,…

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Centro Sociale ExKarcere

Centro Sociale ExKarcere is a social center on Via S. Basilio in Palermo, housed in a building that used to be a prison. It is a place where a site of confinement has become a community space, and it sits in a city whose…

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Piazza della Memoria

Piazza della Memoria in Palermo is a memorial square dedicated to the magistrates killed by the Mafia. It stands on Via Giovan Battista Pagano and turns the story of Sicily's fight against organised crime into something …

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Fontana Pretoria

The Fontana Pretoria is a monumental 16th-century fountain in Piazza Pretoria, Palermo, in front of the city hall. Made of marble tiers crowded with nude figures, mythological characters and animals, it is better known l…

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Chiesa di S. Maria degli Agonizzanti

The Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Agonizzanti is a small church in Palermo, on Via Giovanni da Procida, linked to a brotherhood that prayed for the dying and for prisoners about to be executed. It matters less for its arch…

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