Palermo is a city with more than 2,700 years of history behind it. From the time of its founding by the Phoenicians to the contemporary times as Italy’s Capital of Culture, Palermo takes pride in its ...

“At the same time, poetic desolation and ‘beauty’ of the ruins and debris [have become] Palermo’s signature, the one that makes it look charmingly untidy, disordered and free-spirited.” She also notes ...