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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Palermo
		Palermo was governed by its own viceroys, independent of those of Naples after the conquest of the latter state by the Argonese.
		Palermo; it was in that period (828) that SS.
		Palermo; the archdiocese has 50 parishes, with 444,982 inhabitants, 18 religious houses of men and 24 of women, 12 educational establishments for male students and 27 for girls, and 1 Catholic daily paper.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11419b.htm (1577 words)

	Palermo Travel, History, Culture, Art, Palermo Restaurants, Hotels - Best of Sicily
		Things to see in Palermo are indexed by zone (see map) according to their locations within the city, and by category in our Sights To See index.
		From 948, as Bal'harm, it was the capital of the Emirate of Sicily of the Kalbite dynasty, and it is from that date that Palermo may be considered to have been the royal capital of Sicily.
		Palermo also has some very good shopping, and many of the better shops are conveniently located in the city's centre around Via Maqueda and Via Libertà, especially on the side streets, where you'll find shops that sell everything from antiques to Sicilian-made specialty goods like ceramic items and original jewelry.
	www.bestofsicily.com /palermo.htm (1483 words)

	The Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale
		The Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale was developed to enable NEO specialists to categorize and prioritize potential impact risks spanning a wide range of impact dates, energies and probabilities.
		The primary reference for the Palermo Technical Scale is a scientific paper entitled "Quantifying the risk posed by potential Earth impacts" by Chesley et al.
		The Palermo Scale is used by specialists in the field to quantify in more detail the level of concern warranted for a future potential impact possibility.
	neo.jpl.nasa.gov /risk/doc/palermo.html (648 words)

	Palermo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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
		Palermo was founded in the 8th century BC by Phoenician tradesmen around a natural harbour on the north-western coast of Sicily.
		Palermo was the preferred city of the Emperor Frederick II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palermo (1540 words)

	PALERMO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Palermo is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of Sicily, Italy.
		As the seat of the Spanish viceroy, Palermo grew in population from 30,000 in the mid-15th century to 135,000 on the eve of the plague of 1656.
		Palermo survived almost the entire fascist period unscathed, but during the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 the harbour and the surrounding quarters were bombed heavily by the allied forces and were all but completely destroyed.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/pa/Palermo.htm (1108 words)

	Palermo, Buenos Aires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Palermo is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.
		It is located at the northeast of the city and it borders with the barrio of Belgrano to the north, Almagro and Recoleta to the south, Villa Crespo and Colegiales to the west and the River Plate to the east.
		In 1713 he is declared patron of Palermo by the city, declared "venerable" by the pope in 1743 and a saint in 1807.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palermo,_Buenos_Aires (563 words)

	Palermo : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		Palermo's Arab-Norman buildings have no equal on the planet, and the entire city is a treasure trove of museums (often dusty, forgotten ones) and baroque oratories.
		The Aragonese preferred Naples over Palermo as a capital, and in their departure the power vacuum was filled with feudal families and religious orders.
		Palermo was never to regain the power and prestige it enjoyed in its long-ago heyday.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/palermo/0135010001.html (1154 words)

	Palermo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Palermo (Zip Code 91011) is the chief town of Sicily and is 139 km.
		Palermo was conquered by the Normans in 1072.
		Many poets, artists and men of letters mention Palermo in their works, from Dante to Petrarca, to D'Annunzio, but in particular Wolfgang Goethe, in one of his letters of 1787 addressed to his friend Carlotta von Stein, wrote that Palermo and all the Sicily were ein unsäglich schönes Land, that is "a land unutterably beautiful".
	sicilia.indettaglio.it /eng/comuni/pa/palermo/palermo.html (446 words)

	Maine Local Government - Town of Palermo - Main Page
		Palermo was settled in 1778 and incorporated on June 23, 1804 from the plantation of Great Pond Settlement.
		Palermo is a rather typical rural community in the State of Maine.
		Palermo is fortunate to have a 1500 acre deepwater lake that is fed by the Sheepscot River.
	www.maine.gov /local/waldo/palermo (453 words)

	10 years later, Palermo still in the game
		Palermo is one of six men who dash out the front door and chase the three muggers.
		Palermo's crusade is not merely limited to the world at-large.
		Palermo's theory is that the letter-high pitch became so lethal for pitchers that, predictably, in their evolution they stopped throwing it.
	espn.go.com /mlb/s/2001/0705/1222789.html (1818 words)

	Palermo travel guide - Wikitravel
		Palermo [1] [2] is the capital of the main Italian island of Sicily, located on the north coast of the island.
		Palermo International Airport is located some 32 km west of the city at Punta Raisi and has flights incoming from other Italian centres and major European cities on a regular basis.
		Sferracavallo, well connecetd by public transport to Palermo, is the ideal base for a relaxing holiday by the sea and for culturals visit to the artistic treasures of Palermo.
	wikitravel.org /en/Palermo (1395 words)

	Palermo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Monte Pellegrino rises from the sea to the north of Palermo.
		The city of Palermo is about 53 miles by road from Segesta to the East.
		The Carthaginians occupied the Conca d’Oro to the east of Palermo for it’s agricultural produce and to deny it’s control by the Greeks.
	www.ancientroute.com /cities/Palermo.htm (1056 words)

	MUSEUM OF RADIOLOGY
		n 11th December 1995 in Palermo there was the inauguration of the Museum of Radiology, during the Celebrations of the Centennial of the discovery of X-rays by W. Röntgen (1885-1995).
		Adelfio Elio Cardinale, Director of the Institute of Radiology "Pietro Cignolini" - University of Palermo, Italy.
		At the entrance there are the busts of W.C.Röntgen, discoverer of X-rays, and of Pietro Cignolini, founder of the Institute of Radiology at the University of Palermo.
	www.unipa.it /~radpa/museo/museo.html (1196 words)

	Palermo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		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.
		It is a trading center for the island's agricultural produce and has factories engaged in food processing, steelmaking, shipbuilding, and the manufacture of furniture, leather products, glass, chemicals, cement, textiles, and paper.
	www.2747.com /2747/world/city/palermo.htm (102 words)

	CLIA - Cruise Line International Association
		Palermo is the capital city of Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean, and the small mass of land right next to the toe of Italy's boot.
		Palermo's old town is in the middle of the city, and is divided into four quarters.
		Some of the world's best pickpockets and con artists use Palermo as their training grounds, so travelers are advised to be at their sharpest when walking the streets of Palermo.
	www.cruising.org /planyourcruise/wwdest/overview.cfm?recordID=156 (373 words)

	Blinky Palermo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Blinky Palermo was born Peter Schwarze in Leipzig in 1943.
		Palermo died in 1977, while traveling in the Maldives.
		Before his death, Palermo participated in more than seventy exhibitions and represented Germany at the São Paulo Bienal in 1975.
	www.diacenter.org /exhibs_b/palermo (244 words)

	Palermo on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		BC, it later became a Carthaginian military base and was conquered by the Romans in 254 BC-253 BC Palermo was under Byzantine rule from AD 535 to AD 831, when it fell to the Arabs, who held it until 1072.
		Palermo, Sicilia: Leonardo SCIASCIA sui banchi del consiglio comunale di Palermo il giorno dell'insediamento dell'assemblea.
		Palermo, Sicilia: Marpessa fotografata per Dolce and Gabbana alla Vucciria di Palermo.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Palermo.asp (691 words)

	Palermo guide - Palermo travel guide — Palermo Sicily - Palermo - guide to Palermo - Italy travel Palermo - airport ...
		Palermo is the first city in Sicily and it is well served by highways and trains and also has an international airport...
		In our tourists guide to Palermo there just had to be a section dedicated to the history of this amazing city.
		From the Festino di Santa Rosalia festival, in honor of the city’s Patron Saint, to the Festival of Morgana, that celebrates the art of the marionettes: all the most important cultural events that are organized in the city...
	www.travelplan.it /palermo_guide.htm (411 words)

	Egypt: The Palermo Stone
		Probably the second best known, and certainly one of the most important inscribed stones was the Palermo Stone, important in its own right for revealing to us information on the early kings of Egypt, along with mythical kings prior to the dynastic era.
		We know little about the Palermo Stone's provenance, but together with the kings lists inscribed on temple walls, the papyri held in temple and palace archives, it was doubtless one of the documents that Manetho used to compile his history of Egypt.
		Other interesting information recorded by the Palermo stone is the construction of a stone building called Men-netjeret, either in the reign of Khasekhemwy, the last ruler of the 2nd Dynasty, or Djoser's predecessor, Nebka (2686-2667 BC).
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/palermo.htm (614 words)

	Palermo Hotels. Save More on Cheap Accommodation in Palermo
		Offering comfortable accommodation and convenient facilities, the Del Centro Hotel Palermo is placed in the Capital of island, among baroque churches and markets of Islamic memory.
		The Del Centro Hotel is situated in the old town centre of Palermo, and is very close to the...
		Amarcord hotel is located in the heart of Palermo, close to the two cultural symbols of Palermo, the Massimo Theatre and the Politeama Theatre.
	www.hotelclub.net /hotel.reservations/Palermo.htm (133 words)

	Palermo
		On our first visit to Palermo in 1998, we arrived on the SNAV jetliner from Naples at 10:30 PM.
		Most of the electrical power in Palermo was out and many of its beautiful palm trees were uprooted due to a tornado that had come off the sea....The next day Palermo sparkled in the sunshine.
		The remains of Santa Rosalia, the patron saint of Palermo, are kept in the chapel dedicated to her.
	www.geocities.com /gwinnettcf/Palermo.html (171 words)

	Argentina Travel Guide - Palermo, Buenos Aires Sights and Highlights
		Palermo is a large and lively barrio in Buenos Aires.
		Palermo Viejo has become a gastronomic center with more than forty bars and restaurants, which are in the able hands of young and creative chefs.
		Palermo Viejo is an area also known for being full of new designer clothes and decoration shops.
	www.allaboutar.com /ba_sights_palermo.htm (306 words)

	AllRefer.com - Palermo, Italy (Italian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The city's prosperity dates from the Arab domination and continued when, under the Normans, it served (1072–1194) as the capital of the kingdom of Sicily.
		Under King Roger II (1130–54) and later under Emperor Frederick II (1220–50), Palermo attained its main artistic, cultural, and commercial flowering.
		The French Angevin dynasty transferred the capital to Naples; its misrule led to the Sicilian Vespers insurrection (1282), which began in Palermo.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Palermo.html (283 words)

	Palermo - National Parks International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Palermo is the capital of Sicily, the island of the tip of the Italian's peninsula's toe.
		The population of Palermo is 730,000 people, about the size of San Francisco.
		I visited Palermo twice, the first time for few hours and the second time for 2 days, guest of a colleague of mine.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /national-parks-international/palermo (287 words)

	Palermo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Rich in art and history, Palermo has also a strong sense of folklore and local tradition as well as a rich food tradition including a wide range of specialities.
		The city lies in the homonymous gulf on the north-west coast of Sicily, in the Conca d’Oro, an area rich in citrus groves.
		Palermo can be reached by all means of transport (plane, ship, car or train).
	www.unipa.it /bmcourse/palermo.html (210 words)

	Globalist PhotoBookshelf \| Palermo, Sicily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The magnificent architecture of the palaces and churches of its towns and cities (such as Palermo, Cefalu, Taormina, Messina, Erice, and Enna) covers the Romanesque, the Norman, the Gothic, the Renaissance and the Baroque eras.
		Walking around parts of Palermo and seeing so many totally dilapidated buildings is reminiscent of Sarajevo.
		However, in Palermo, the decay is due to general neglect — both locally and by Rome.
	www.theglobalist.com /photo/palermo/lehmann.shtml (408 words)

	Palermo
		B.C., it later became a Carthaginian military base and was conquered by the Romans in 254 B.C. Palermo was under Byzantine rule from A.D. 535 to A.D. 831, when it fell to the Arabs, who held it until 1072.
		The ballad of Blinky Palermo: he was a student of Joseph Beuys, an early cohort of Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter, and by 1977 a casualty of hard living.
		Profile: Palermo, capital city of Sicily, is slowly rebuilding itself after years of neglect (All Things Considered (NPR))
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0837346.html (321 words)

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