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Norman Palace
6,974 reviews
"Just focused on the Capella Palatina which is enough, to be honest, because every inch is covered in lavish Byzantine mosaics illustrating biblical scenes.""The Norman Palace and Palatine Chapel is unique in harmoniously melding a variety of styles including Norman, Arabic, and Byzantine, reflecting the different cultures that have marked Sicilian history."
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Duomo di Cefalù
3,290 reviews
"High up in the apse is the most famous feature - the Byzantine mosaic Christ Pantocrator - this is stunning and definitely worth paying a few euros to get a more close up view.""Beautiful cathedral, narrow streets, beautiful seasides, very romantic and a lot of small cozy restaurants with amazing food and private terraces with views."
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Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio (La Martorana)
2,631 reviews
"Currently, some of the Byzantine mosaics, displaying messages in Greek language, are still visible near the Catholic frescoes painted in XVIII century, while the high altar is Baroque.""Another amazingly beautiful church decorated with Byzantine mosaics of the highest artistic level, absolutely beautiful."
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Ex Stabilimento Florio delle Tonnare di Favignana e Formica
5,276 reviews
"The sheer scope of the factory with boats, cooling battery, a net hall and now pristine canning displays are vivid shadows of the activity, smell and fortune of the owners and pedendants.""The museum is fantastic, very well done and extremely interesting both to learn the life of Favignana in the last decades than for history of battles of 200a.c."
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Duomo di Messina
1,240 reviews
"Stopped here on a cruise , wonderful town square and beautiful cathedral , it’s worth watching the clock on the hour to watch the moving figures,""The Duomo is certainly worth a visit and is so beautiful and peaceful and you can catch the hop on hop off train outside which is the most economical way to see Messina other than footing it."
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Palazzo Steri - Chiaramonte - Carcere dei penitenziati
716 reviews
"The tour is very informative - great way to learn more about the very layered history of Palermo - originally the center when it was an active Arab trading port, a ruling family’s palazzo with a private chapel, th...""We had a guided tour through the Palace in English, the tour guide provided many informative details about the history of the place and its role during Spanish inquisition."
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Monastero dei Benedettini
2,221 reviews
"... ago, and was truly marveled by the inventive solutions de Carlo (the main architect of he project) and Antonino Leonardi found to create a modern university campus while preserving a Roman road, for example.""This ancient Benedictine monastery is now used by the city of Catania and the University."
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Santuario Di San Vito
381 reviews
"Interesting basement and rare architecture of this building makes it interesting spot to visit on your way to the beach""Very beautiful historic building, was the original core around what San Vito was established at beginning '800.Well conserved outside, inside is very modern church, worth a visit also internally"
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Scicli
1,758 reviews
"This town is an absolute delight - especially if you are a Montalbano fan and want to see some of the main film locations; certainly what is the Vigata Police Station and surrounding buildings.""An appealing baroque town spilling along three river valleys dominated by soaring limestone cliffs, where life is typically Sicilian, the pace slow, men in suits and caps converse for hours outside circling, small..."
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Villa Romana del Casale
4,537 reviews
"We were on organised tour with Titan What a fantastically interesting place to visit We had a really good guide and learning about the Villa and seeing the amazing mosaic floors gave an insight of how people lived...""There is a large car park and you walk through cabins selling food, souvenirs and crafts before you get to the site entrance where you will find a large cafe selling very nice snacks and hot food at a reasonable p..."
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Duomo di Monreale
5,094 reviews
"We were impressed with the Bible stories translated into beautiful images and the gold mosaic is simply stunning!""We spent about 30 minutes in the cathedral dazzled by the amazing golden mosaics from around 1200 AD.Some of the chapels were closed off and access was restricted because there was a wedding."
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Gambino Winery
817 reviews
"... you are given a cold delicious glass of white wine.....after a little history of the vineyard you are sitting in a beautiful room with a plate of cheese, sausage and olives...and of course 4 different wines...""Along with our tasting, we were served some incredible nibbles (roasted peppers and eggplant, olives, a great selection of cheeses, bread, etc.) We were given several glasses of wine to taste, and each one was del..."
