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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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San Giovanni degli Eremiti

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The monasteries of this former monastery are an idyllic place for relaxation and probably take into account the waves of the different peoples that occupied Palermo - and this place.Here was an Arab mosque and a five-arched room is still south of the Christian church.In 1132, Roger II built the square church above the five domes we see today, initially as a mourning chapel for the dignitaries of the Court.Atmospheric monasteries, only partially preserved, have ogival arches with two pillars and the remains of an Arab fountain in the yard