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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