Palermo Sicily

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Palermo in Sensational Sicily http://www.SensationalSicily.com is presented by Alessandro Sorbello • • http://www.AlessandroSorbello.com Sicily is rich in history and culture. This project is born from a collaboration between the Region of Sicily http://www.regione.sicilia.it/, The Italian Chamber of Commerce, New Realm Media • • http://www.newrealm.com.au and Alessandro Sorbello Productions. • • Palermo is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of Sicily, Italy as well as the • capital of the Province of Palermo . Inhabitants of Palermo in Italian are referred to as Palermitani or poetically • Panormiti. • • History - Palermo was founded in the 8th century BC by Phoenician tradesmen around a natural harbour on the north-western coast of Sicily. The Phoenician name for the city may have been Zîz, but Greeks called it Panormus, meaning all-port, because of its fine natural harbour. • • It should be noted however that the city was never a Greek city-state, but was later part of the Greek speaking Eastern Roman Empire. Palermo is widely considered to be the most conquered city in the world, as shown in the following article. Palermo remained a Phoenician city until the First Punic War (264-241 BC), when Sicily fell under Roman rule. The Roman period was one of comparative calm, Palermo coming under the provincial administration in Syracuse. When the Roman Empire was split, Sicily and Palermo came under the rule of the Eastern Byzantine Empire. • • In the 9th century, Sicily was divided into two prefectures by the Byzantines. The two prefects went to war with each other, and Euphimius, the winner, dreamt of reuniting the Roman empire. • • However, he lacked an army, so he asked the Arab Aghlabids rulers of North Africa, at the time the up-and-coming power in the Mediterranean, to lend him theirs. Within a week of the Arabs' arrival in Palermo in 827, Euphimius died mysteriously, and they declined to leave. By 878 all of Sicily, except for a few Byzantine enclaves near • • Taormina (Taorminalink), was controlled by the Saracens (Moors). In 905 they captured those too. The Arab rulers moved Sicily's capital to Palermo where it has been ever since. Under Muslim dominion Palermo became an important commercial and cultural center, a flourishing city broadly known in the whole Arab world - it is said that it had more than 300 mosques. But they were also years of tolerance: Christians and Jews were permitted to follow their own • credo. • • Comuni of the Province of Palermo • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Jump to: navigation, search • The following is a list of the 82 comuni of the Province of Palermo, Sicily, in Italy. • • • ISTAT Code Comune Population • (2005) • 082001 Alia 4,081 • 082002 Alimena 2,363 • 082003 Aliminusa 1,342 • 082004 Altavilla Milicia 5,790 • 082005 Altofonte 9,649 • 082006 Bagheria 53,381 • 082007 Balestrate 5,853 • 082008 Baucina 2,003 • 082009 Belmonte Mezzagno 10,424 • 082010 Bisacquino 5,119 • 082011 Bolognetta 3,632 • 082012 Bompietro 1,640 • 082013 Borgetto 6,576 • 082014 Caccamo 8,528 • 082015 Caltavuturo 4,440 • 082016 Campofelice Di Fitalia 595 • 082017 Campofelice Di Roccella 5,896 • 082018 Campofiorito 1,379 • 082019 Camporeale 3,652 • 082020 Capaci 10,255 • 082021 Carini 28,733 • 082022 Castelbuono 9,430 • 082023 Casteldaccia 9,772 • 082024 Castellana Sicula 3,738 • 082025 Castronovo di Sicilia 3,323 • 082026 Cefalà Diana 991 • 082027 Cefalù 13,747 • 082028 Cerda 5,326 • 082029 Chiusa Sclafani 3,224 • 082030 Ciminna 3,980 • 082031 Cinisi 10,817 • 082032 Collesano 4,190 • 082033 Contessa Entellina 1,963 • 082034 Corleone 11,355 • 082035 Ficarazzi 9,674 • 082036 Gangi 7,449 • 082037 Geraci Siculo 2,077 • 082038 Giardinello 2,001 • 082039 Giuliana 2,234 • 082040 Godrano 1,164 • 082041 Gratteri 1,050 • 082042 Isnello 1,822 • 082043 Isola delle Femmine 6,817 • 082044 Lascari 3,305 • 082045 Lercara Friddi 7,232 • 082046 Marineo 6,885 • 082047 Mezzojuso 3,003 • 082048 Misilmeri 24,979 • 082049 Monreale 34,662 • 082050 Montelepre 6,202 • 082051 Montemaggiore Belsito 3,806 • 082052 Palazzo Adriano 2,453 • 082053 Palermo 675,277 • 082054 Partinico 31,515 • 082055 Petralia Soprana 3,630 • 082056 Petralia Sottana 3,238 • 082057 Piana degli Albanesi 6,051 • 082058 Polizzi Generosa 3,918 • 082059 Pollina 3,102 • 082060 Prizzi 5,518 • 082061 Roccamena 1,669 • 082062 Roccapalumba 2,762 • 082063 San Cipirello 5,201 • 082064 San Giuseppe Jato 8,662 • 082065 San Mauro Castelverde 2,053 • 082066 Santa Cristina Gela 893 • 082067 Santa Flavia 10,139 • 082068 Sciara 2,788 • 082069 Sclafani Bagni 490 • 082070 Termini Imerese 26,827 • 082071 Terrasini 10,817 • 082072 Torretta 3,791 • 082073 Trabia 8,865 • 082074 Trappeto 2,936 • 082075 Ustica 1,310 • 082076 Valledolmo 4,017 • 082077 Ventimiglia di Sicilia 2,173 • 082078 Vicari 2,997 • 082079 Villabate 19,441 • 082080 Villafrati 3,350 • 082081 Scillato 671 • 082082 Blufi 1,169

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