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Detail: Muqarnes, an Arab touch, interior of La Cuba
Found a great apartment share with three women, at various university levels, in a 1940s apartment behind the Teatro Biondo at the center of the old town, just a few meters from my old digs at Palazzo Vannucci where I still have friends from my 2012 visit.
My first order of business was to enjoy some culture, and history, at a show called the Etruscans in Palermo. They were never here but their artifacts are now, at the Reale Albergo delle Povere in Corso Calatafimi. Then I crossed the street and revisited the Cuba, a 12-th century Norman Arab palace built by William the Second, then a a short walk downhill to the Punic cemetery where some 64 people are buried. The Phoenicians founded Palermo, their ZYZ, which means flower, 27 centuries ago.
My first order of business was to enjoy some culture, and history, at a show called the Etruscans in Palermo. They were never here but their artifacts are now, at the Reale Albergo delle Povere in Corso Calatafimi. Then I crossed the street and revisited the Cuba, a 12-th century Norman Arab palace built by William the Second, then a a short walk downhill to the Punic cemetery where some 64 people are buried. The Phoenicians founded Palermo, their ZYZ, which means flower, 27 centuries ago.