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The oldest area in Palermo is adjacent to Via Vittorio Emanuele, between the Norman and Cathedral Palace, its two largest tourist attractions.The city expanded in the port of Arabs in the 9th-19th centuries as the capital of the emirms in Sicily, a city of mosques and palaces equal to those in Baghdad and Cordoba.

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Cappuccini catacombs (Capucine catacombs)

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By far, the most bizarre attraction in Palermo, but one of the most popular, is the abbey of the Capucins, known for its catacombs.These underground passages were cut into volcanic rock after 1599 and used as funeral places until 1881. Inside, you will be greeted by the macabre scene of about 8,000 mummified bodies, arranged by sex and status, placed in passages or suspended from the walls.regular changes in fresh clothes by their relatives.The bodies were first placed in Colatoio, a small, well -closed drying chamber and, after eight months, were washed in vinegar, dressed and placed in the niches in the walls or in the coffin.