Teatro marmoreo

Changing the top of the head changes the pedestal.

A statue of the Spanish king Philip V stands on the pedestal of the monument in front of the Norman Palace. However, the fifth Philip was not always there. Philip IV stood before it, but it was demoli...

a large statue, a little bit away from the main tourist trails.

We found the Teatro Marmoreo’ statue’ during a one day stopover in Palermo as our ship was docked in the port here. We had opted to explore the city on foot and had prepared our own agenda with points...

At the place of the Parliament

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It is a baroque-style monument, built in marble in 1662. On a pedestal we can see the four faces representing the continents explored until that time, on which govern ...

Spanish trail

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A monument to the former Spanish rule on the island of Sicily. The king of Spain in all its beauty. And where? in the center of Palermo. Unrecognized paths. But very effective monument. Randomly got on the way to Norm ...

Philip IV Monument

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In the Villa Bonnano Park in front of the Norman Palace in the middle of the 17th century, a marble monument to the King of Spain and Portugal Philip IV of the Habsburg Dynasty, which managed both Sicily and Zwals ...