Palermo

Palermo is a city on Sicily’s northwestern coast and the island’s regional capital. It became the capital of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, where Latin, Greek, and Arabic cultures met.

Phoenicia: Phoenicia was an ancient civilization of city-states along the eastern Mediterranean coast. Phoenician settlers founded the city that became Palermo.
Palatine Chapel: The Palatine Chapel is a royal chapel in Palermo’s Norman Palace, built under Roger II in the twelfth century. Its Byzantine mosaics, Arabic ceiling, and Latin church design embody the capital’s cultural mixture.
Roger II of Sicily: Roger II was the first king of Sicily, reigning from 1130 to 1154. He made Palermo the center of a kingdom spanning Sicily and southern Italy.
Sicilian Vespers: The Sicilian Vespers was a 1282 uprising against Angevin rule that began in Palermo and spread across Sicily. The revolt began in the city and ended Angevin control of Sicily.
Sicily: Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous region of Italy. Palermo is Sicily’s capital and largest city.
Carthage: Carthage was an ancient North African city-state that became the center of a powerful Mediterranean empire. Carthaginian rule followed Palermo’s Phoenician beginnings.
Palermo Cathedral: Palermo Cathedral is a major church whose architecture records successive phases of construction and renovation. Its forms trace changes in Palermo’s rulers and religious life.
George of Antioch: George of Antioch was a Greek-speaking admiral and chief minister to Roger II of Sicily. His career reflects the Greek and Arabic expertise employed at Palermo’s Norman court.
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was a state in southern Italy that existed from 1816 until Italian unification. Palermo was a major city in the Bourbon-ruled kingdom before Italian unification.
Tyrrhenian Sea: The Tyrrhenian Sea is the part of the Mediterranean Sea west of the Italian peninsula, bounded by Sicily and Sardinia. Palermo lies on its southern edge, facing major Mediterranean routes.

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