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                            The Oratorio del Rosario di
                            Santa Cita (or Santa Zita),
                            with its stuccoes by Giacomo
                            Serpotta, is a splendid     PALERMO
                            example of Baroque
                            ornamentation (see pp60–61).












       VIA     CAVOUR



 VIA   VOLTURNO  VIA  MAQUEDA  VIA   ROMA

               CORSO  VITTORIO  EMANUELE    San Domenico is one of Palermo’s most
 VIA  SANT'  AGOSTINO

                                                 interesting and typical Baroque
 WEST PALERMO                        FORO     ITALICO   churches. Note the lovely façade
 (see pp62–73)              VIA     ALLORO       flanked by two bell towers and
       PIAZZA       VIA A. PATERNOSTRO   EAST PALERMO  decorated with statues and
                                                        columns (see p61).
      VERGOGNA
 CORSO             VITTORIO    EMANUELE   VIA  DELL'UNIVERSITÀ  VIA         ROMA  (see pp50–61)
 CORSO    ALBERTO   AMEDEO
 VIA   PORTA    DI   CASTRO  VIA  MAQUEDA  VIA      ABRAMO     LINCOLN

 PIAZZA DEL
 PARLAMENTO
 VIA    ALBERGHERIA


 CORSO        TUKORI         0 metres  350
                             0 yards  350








                           Palazzo Abatellis houses the Galleria
                          Regionale di Sicilia, which has a rich
                        collection of paintings and sculptures,
                          including this marvellous bust of
                           Eleonora of Aragon, Francesco
                         Laurana’s masterpiece (see pp56–7).




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