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	Palermo - Sicilia - Italy
		Province capital and also administrative seat of the autonomous region of Sicily, Palermo is the largest city in the island.
		Palermo International Airport is located 32 km (19 miles) west of Palermo and buses depart roughly every 30 minutes from the central railway station to the airport.
		In the early 20th century Palermo expanded outside the old city walls, mostly to the north along the new boulevard, the Via della Libertà in the style of Art Nouveau or Stile Liberty as it is known in Italy, many of the villas were built by the famous architecht Ernesto Basile.
	www.italyworldclub.com /sicilia/palermo/palermo.htm (746 words)

	Palermo Province (Sicily, Italy)
		Exactly 137 years after its first president had come into office, Province of Palermo - the biggest of the provinces of Sicily- has raised on 2 September 1998 official flag of its own: a dark red field with the provincial coat of arms, granted on 9 August 1910, in the center.
		It comprises a fl eagle in the breast of which is a shield combining the arms of the capital cities of the four departments forming the Province at that time.
		To tell the truth the ancient "Province of Palermo" was suppressed in 1946 by the new Statute of the Autonomous Region of Sicily assuming responsibility over local government system.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/it-pa.html (253 words)

	Province of Palermo - Sicilia - Italy
		The Province of Palermo has a surface area of 4992 square km, with a total population of about 1,200,000 inhabitants.
		In a strategic position on the Thyrrhenian Sea, the province includes a high fertile plain called Conca d'Oro, and a long coast with the two large gulfs of Palermo and Termini Imerese, separated by the Monte Pellegrino and Capo Zafferano.
		Also administratively included in the province of Palermo is the island of Ustica, now a marine sanctuary, rising exactly in the middle of the current coming from the Atlantic, which highly enhances the clarity of the sea bottoms and helps the growth of a luxurian submarine life.
	www.italyworldclub.com /sicilia/palermo (142 words)

	Hotels, B&B, Farm Holiday, Apartments in palermo Italy
		The B&B is located at number 8 of the street of the same name at the fourth floor in a building from the end of the 19th century, 'palazzo Rutelli', designed by E. Basile, the architect of the famous 'Teatro Massimo'.
		The apartments Le Kenzie di Palermo are 7 two-floor studios located in the very heart of the city, on Giulio Cesare square, just 20 meters from the Central Station and the shuttle to and from the airport Falcone-Borsellino.
		The Bed and Breakfast Notarbartolo is In an elegant building of the center, next to the principal cultural centers of the city, comfortable to reach from the station of the trains from the embarkation of the ships and from the airport.
	www.bbplanet.it /st_en.asp?provincia=PALERMO (507 words)

	Palermo, Sicily - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Palermo (ancient Panormus), city and seaport, Italy, capital of Palermo Province, on the northwestern coast of Sicily, on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
		Palermo is the largest city and chief port of Sicily.
		Palermo was founded by the Phoenicians in the 8th century BC and was a Carthaginian colony until taken by the Romans in 254 BC.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /palermo.htm (192 words)

	Welcome to Sicily Bella - About the province of Palermo
		Palermo, from the Latin "Panormus" is situated on the edge of the Conca d'Oro (Golden Conch Shell), a beautiful and fertile plain.
		Of interest is the Palazzo del Parco and the Mother Church "Santa Maria d'Altofonte", built in 1618, incorporating the original marble high altar and a bas-relief with the Madonna di Altofonte (1328), The "Sacra Famiglia".
		In the nineteenth century, Bagheria, a town just east of Palermo, was still the country retreat of the aristocracy, and a number of mansions and villas remain.
	www.sicilybella.com /about_palermo.html (3102 words)

	Bed and Breakfast Palermo - Palermo inns and guest houses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Balestrate is situated 40km west of Palermo in the Gulf of Castellammare and only 25 km from the airport Palermo.
		Along the old walk to the sea, in the historical heart of Palermo, there is this elegant luxury home insideof the sixteenth century walls that in the...
		B & B in an old period palazzo with frescoed and decorated ceilings; it is facing a large tree-lined square, in the centre of the city, easily reachab...
	www.bed-and-breakfast-in-italy.com /bed_and_breakfast_palermo.cfm (2295 words)

	Hotels - Luxury, mid-range and budget hotels throughout Sicily
		The hotel is overlooked by the famous cliff top known simply as ‘La Rocca’ and is conveniently located for Palermo airport, which is an hour’s drive away, or the train station in Cefalù which is 4km away.
		At only 30 minutes drive away, Palermo airport is extremely convenient, whilst the stunning coastline of this corner of Sicily is all easily accessible.
		Palermo airport and Catania airport are approximately two hour’s drive away.
	www.opensicily.com /en/hotels_list.php (3863 words)

	Palermo Ferry - Timetables, prices and Palermo ferry tickets
		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.
		Palermo is among the richest cities of monuments in Italy, and perhaps in the world.
		Palermo to Civitavecchia ferry with SNAV and Grandi Navi Veloci
	www.directferries.co.uk /palermo_ferry.htm (231 words)

	Sicily - Holidays in province of Palermo
		Salting along slopes Catalfano the mount, to seventeen kilometers to east of Palermo, the archaeological ruins of the beautiful Solunto to strapiombo are caught up on the intense blue of the mar Tyrrhenian.
		Part of the archaeological patrimony of Solunto still is conserved in the regional Archaeological Museum of Palermo, where it is possible to see, between the other, the fenicio-punica statue of "woman seated in throne" and the two sarcofagi in stone of Vi-v sec.
		Famous for its restaurants of fish and the market of the fish, to km 15 from Palermo and km 35 from Cefalù, it is overhung from the magnificent going back ruins of Solunto to XII the century a.c.
	www.fralenuvol.com /albero/servizi/vacanze/sicily_en.php (1032 words)

	Farmhouses - agriturismo throughout Sicily
		This family run baglio is located in a rural setting in the province of Trapani and lies between the slopes of Mount Erice and the Stagnone Lagoon.
		Agriturismo Casalicchio is located in a rural and isolated setting in the province of Agrigento and overlooking the valley of the River Plantani.
		The accommodation is situated on a promontory overlooking the Vallone valley, to the North-east of Menfi and within the Province of Agrigento.
	www.opensicily.com /en/farmhouses_list.php (1046 words)

	Highways, harbours, airports and railways in the province of Palermo
		The main civil airport of the province of Palermo is "Falcone - Borsellino" in Palermo - Punta Raisi, 35 km.
		It is crossed by the motorway A29 connecting Palermo to Mazara del Vallo, by the branch of A29 connecting airport of Birgi (Tp) to the city.
		Another motorway is the A19 connecting Palermo to Catania and the motorway A20 connecting Palermo to Messina.
	sicilia.indettaglio.it /eng/trasporti/pa/trasportipa.html (280 words)

	Palermo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Orto botanico di Palermo, founded in 1785, is the largest in Italy with a surface of 10 ha.
		Palermo has its own football team, U.S. Città di Palermo, playing in Italian Serie A and in UEFA Cup.
		Saint Lucy is also honoured with a peculiar celebration, during which inhabitants of Palermo don't eat anything made with flour, but boil wheat in its natural state and use it to prepare a special dish called cuccia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palermo (2349 words)

	Palermo, Sicily - History, Cuisine, and Tourism
		Palermo experienced cultural and economic prosperity under the Arabic rulers who began their reign in 831.
		Palermo chefs also loved their sweets: cannoli, cassata and many other desserts, flavored with chocolate, cinnamon, rose water, watermelon, pistachios and more, had their origins in and around the city of Palermo.
		The gelo di mellone, a watermelon gelatine dessert, is not typically found outside the province, although some of the other dishes have migrated across Sicily and, indeed, much of the world.
	www.allthingssicilian.com /Palermo2.html (736 words)

	Palermo
		Palermo (Palermo in Italian, Palermu or Palemmu in Sicilian) is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of Sicily, Italy as well as the capital of the Province of Palermo
		Within a week of the Saracens' arrival in Palermo in 827, Euphimius died mysteriously, and they decline to leave.
		Despite the immigrant population, the city is one of the fastest growing in Italy considering that the population under 14 still outnumbers those over 65.
	www.governpub.com /Capitals-P/Palermo.php (1888 words)

	Province of Palermo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Map highlighting the location of the province of Palermo in Italy
		The Province of Palermo (Italian: Provincia di Palermo) is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily, an island off the coast of Italy.
		The Province of Palermo has 82 comuni (see Comunes of the Province of Palermo), 1,239,272 inhabitants, (24.9% of the Sicilian population) and is 4,992 km² (19.4% of the Sicilian territory).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Province_of_Palermo (120 words)

	Città di Palermo - TOWN COUNCIL CABINET
		Born in Palermo on 13 December 1949, a social worker at Aiuto materno (Assistance to Mothers) - Asl 6), she was also Secretary for Social Activities for the Regional Province of Palermo, in 1995, in the first Cabinet led by the current President, Francesco Musotto.
		Born in Palermo on 27 January 1947, a civil lawyer, lecturer in Town Planning Law at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Palermo, and lecturer in Legislation of Cultural and Environmental Resources at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Palermo.
		Born in Palermo on 10 January 1954 and on the staff of the Palermo and Monreale Autonomous Tourism Board.
	www.comune.palermo.it /siti_esteri/english/cabinet.htm (1307 words)

	Map of Palermo. Location of Palermo. (The province of Palermo)
		This is a map of Italy that identifies the province of Palermo.
		The province of Palermo is a part of the Sicilia (Sicily) region.
		Italy: Index to provinces and regions in Italy.
	www.pickatrail.com /jupiter/location/europe/italy/palermo.html (418 words)

	Palermo
		Palermo (ancient Panormus) is the capital of the Palermo province of Sicily in southern Italy.
		pop., 694,749) is the major commercial center and foremost seaport of Sicily.
		Palermo was founded by the Phoenicians, probably between the 8th and 6th centuries BC.
	members.aol.com /sicil29/baucina/paler.htm (223 words)

	Sicilian Culture: Travel: Palermo, Sicily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Palermo was founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC with the name of Ziz (after a flower) fell to Roman in 254 BC and became one of the most important city on the island.
		Corleonese is a town in the Province of Palermo and is the subject of Mario Puzo's Novel and motion picture, The Godfather.
		Agriculture still provides employment for consistent numbers (citrus groves, horticulture in the Conca d'Oro) and the flow of tourists is attracted by the city's monuments and works of art as well as by the nearby beach at Mondello.
	www.sicilianculture.com /travel/palermo.htm (571 words)

	AAPIT PAlermo - Club di prodotto
		The Madonie Park, a nature reserve, is an area of great natural beauty and magnificent countryside characterised by a variety of different types of agriculture whose products are the basis for the excellent gastronomic specialities of this mountainous region.
		In the kingdom of the golden eagle, between narrow, winding paths, endemic plants of particular botanical importance flourish.
		You will meet expert agronomists and oenologists who will welcome you in their vineyards and amongst their barrels and give you wine-tasting courses that will concentrate on local grape varieties, techniques of cultivation and production and the innovatory aspects that have made Sicily one of the most important wine-producing regions in the world.
	www.aapit.pa.it /datas/club/eng (664 words)

	Comune di Capaci, Province of Palermo, Sicilia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Costa Family came from Capaci, in the Provincia of Palermo, 17 km.
		The Isle of Sicily has a rich history, in 580 BC and the three centuries following, Sicily and the southern part of the Italian peninsula would be completely colonized by Greeks, earning the region the name Magna Graecia (Greater Greece) because it boasted more Greeks (and probably more Greek temples) than Greece itself.
		But a Phoenician influence had made itself felt since around 700 BC in western Sicily, where this seafaring people founded Palermo, Erice, Mozia and Solunto, coastal settlements that facilitated commerce and trade.
	home.earthlink.net /~tsini2/id2.html (333 words)

	ruki Palermo Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
		The province of Palermo comprises eighty-two cities, many of which boasting a remarkable historical, cultural or naturalistic importance.
		Palermo, the Sicilian capital city, is a major tourist destination, dotted with plenty of amazing monuments such as the Cathedral, the Chiesa della Martorana, the Norman and the Zisa Palaces and a beautiful historic centre that in July hosts the famous Feast of St. Rosalie.
		On the picture is the silent protest against the murder of one child in Palermo.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/9932c/23d37 (322 words)

	[18 Dec 2000] SG/T/2261 : ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ITALY AND ALGERIA, 9 - 13 DECEMBER 2000
		He was met at the airport by the Prefect of the Province of Palermo, Renato Profilio; the Mayor of the City of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando; and other Italian officials.
		In his speech, the Secretary-General described the Palermo Convention as a "watershed event in the reinforcement of our fight against organized crime", and he urged all States to ratify it at the earliest possible date, to bring the Convention into force "as a matter or urgency" (see Press Release SG/SM/7658 of 11 December).
		Three local Italian officials then delivered welcoming remarks -- the President of the region of Sicily, the President of the Province of Palermo, and the Mayor of Palermo.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2000/20001218.sgt2261.doc.html (665 words)

	Monreale, Sicily - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Monreale is a small city in the province of Palermo, in Sicily Italy.
		It has about 30 000 inhabitants and is located 20 km south from Palermo.
		It is on mountains and has a marvelous city view over the capital, and it is also famous for its cathedral which comes from the 1200s.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /monreale_sicily.htm (195 words)

	dhiva (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In particular, it is intended to create a permanent system for the rehabilitation and job placement of the most discriminated social stratum present in rural and urban areas of the Province of Palermo.
		The first task attributed to the Province concerns the creation of an observatory for the investigation of data relative to its territory.
		Another task, in close relation with the Municipalities and the Local Health Care Unit is to participate in the definition and execution of zonal plans and support of municipalities in activities involving project planning, consolidation and coordination of territorial interventions.
	www.provincia.palermo.it /equal/sole.htm (1233 words)

	Catania, Sicily - History, Cuisine, and Tourism
		The Bourbon kings of France had a great influence on the province during the 18th century; a lot of the architecture is similar to that of Naples because both cities were largely re-built by the Bourbons.
		During this time, the caché of having a villa in the province rose and noble families from all over eastern Sicily planted roots in Catania.
		Comprised of 58 towns and more than 1 million people, Catania is one of the most populous parts of Sicily, second only to the province of Palermo.
	www.allthingssicilian.com /Catania2.html (505 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Monreale
		Located in the province of Palermo, Sicily, on the skirts of Mount Caputo.
		It was a pleasure resort of the Norman kings, to whom it owes its foundation.
		The archdiocese has 30 parishes with 228,600 inhabitants; 352 secular and 66 regular priests; 26 convents of men and one of women; three educational institutes for male students and three for girls.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10508a.htm (530 words)

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