Cathedral Santa Vergine Maria Assunta in Palermo
Streets & Squares visits this time Palermo, the Sicilian city with an extremely colorful history. The capital of Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1816), the capital and then a city in Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816-1861), then a part of the Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) and now the Italian Republic.
Some vocabulary: giardino (garden), via (streets)
GIARDINO GARIBALDI - Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) Italian general and nationalist who helped bring about the Kingdom of Italy. Born in Nice, First French Empire.
VIA CAVOUR - Camillo Benso (1810-1861) Count of Cavour, Italian statesman and a leading figure in the unification of Italy. Born in Turin, French Empire.
VIA DANTE - Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poet, writer (Divine Comedy) and philosopher who was born in Florence, Republic of Florence - StreetView - Wiki (IT)
VIA MAQUEDA - Bernardino de Cárdenas (1553-1601) Duke of Maqueda/ viceroy of Catalonia and of Sicily. Born in Torrijos, Spanish Empire - StreetView - Wiki
VIA VITTORIO EMANUELE - Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878) was the King of Italy, the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century. Born in Turin, Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. This most ancient street in Palermo is rooted in the age of the foundation of Palermo by the Phoenicians, and goes also by the name Cassaro. - Wiki
A to Z FROM PALERMO
i.e. a list of people born in Palermo. Just another fun way to know something more about the city. We pick a couple of people for each alphabet, if possible. The numbers you see at the end of each line indicate the year of birth. This list is updated from time to time. And last but not least: the flag of Palermo!
A - Vincenzo Amato* sculptor/ actor (1966)
B - Giuseppe Balsamo* a.k.a Alessandro Cagliostro, adventurer/self-styled magician (1743) - Paolo Borsellino* judge/worked to overthrow the power of the Sicilian Mafia (1940) - Mario Balotelli* football player (1990)
C - Stanislao Cannizzaro* chemist (1826) - Bruno Caruso* artist/graphic designer/writer (1927) - Marco Cecchinato* tennis player (1992)
D - Nicolò D’Amico* astronomer (1953)
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F - Franco Franchi* (b Benenato) actor/ comedian/singer (1928) - Giovanni Falcone* judge/worked to overthrow the power of the Sicilian Mafia (1939) - Giusy Ferreri* singer-songwriter (1979)
G - Carlo Gambino* Italian-American crime boss (1902) - Natalia Ginzburg* author/activist/politician (1916) - Luca Guadagnino* screenwriter/ film director/producer (1971)
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I - Salvatore Inzerillo* member of the Sicilian Mafia (1944)
J - Guido Jung* merchant/ banker/of German descent (1876)
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L - Giuseppe Lucchese* member of the Sicilian Mafia (1959)
M - Sergio Mattarella* lawyer/ politician/P (1941) - Francesca Morvillo* magistrate/together with husband Giovanni Falcone, victim of the Sicilian Mafia (1945) - Silvio Micali* computer scientist (1954)
N - Pia Nalli* mathematician/teacher (1886)
O - Vittorio Emanuele Orlando* statesman/PM (1860) - Giovanni Onorato* actor (1910)
P - Ferdinand Philippe* Duke of Orléans/son of King Louis Philippe I of France (1810)
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R - Eva Riccobono* model/ actress/television presenter (1983) - Dajana Roncione* actress (1984)
S - Salvatore Schillaci* football player (1964) - Francesco Scianna* actor (1982) - Miriam Sylla* volleyball player (1995)
T - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa* the last Prince of Lampedusa/writer (1896) - Massimo Taibi* football goalie (1970) - Gaetano Troja* football player (1974)
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V - Leonardo Vitale* member of the Sicilian Mafia/informant (1941)
W - Joseph Whitaker* Sicilian-English ornithologist /archaeologist (1850)
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LINKS
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Updated 23.6.2023