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History and 'Things to see'in Palermo:

• Archaeological Museum
houses one of the most richest collections ( famous for the finds brought here from Selinunte - among them the sculptures from Selinunte^s temples : stone carvings, or metopes, dating from the 5th–6th c. bc -),

• Cathedral 
built in the 12th c. but with many changes trhough the centuriesa; it is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption,

• Church of the Gesω  
built in 1564 by the Jesuits

• Duomo
founded in 1174 by William II, but enhanced through the centuries

• Museo Archeologico Nazionale Salinas
houses one of the most important Italian archaeological collections (objects recovered in Selinunte, mosaics and Roman frescoes)

• Museum of Marionettes
stores more than 2,000 exhibits from all over the world including marionettes, puppets, shadow theatre, scenic equipment, and Sicilian puppet-theatre puppets

• Palazzo dei Normanni 
built by the Arabs in the 9th c.; in the 16th c., became the Spanish residence.

• Parco della Favorita 
this public garden is an oasis of green which extends across 4,000, includes in it many sports facilities

• Teatro Massimo 
fine example of art nouveau building, famous for its acoustic

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