Palermo, Sicily - Church of San Giovanni cloisters 1940

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Palermo, Sicily - Chiostro e Chiesa San Giovanni degli Eremiti (Cloisters of San Giovanni [St. John's] church)
• Publisher:  A. Campassi
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Italy: 25l green (SG244) + 20l red (SG243) + 30l brown (SG245)
• Postmark(s):  Palermo Centro 'Lotteria Automobilisttica di Tripoli' slogan cancel 27 March 1940
• Sent to:  Rugano, Palermo
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Palermo listen (help·info) (Italian pronunciation: [pa'l?rmo], Sicilian: Palermu, Latin: Panormus, from Greek: ?????µ??, Panormos, Arabic: ?????, Balharm) is a historic city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its rich history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

The city was founded by the Phoenicians, but named by the Ancient Greeks as Panormus meaning (Largest)Port of All(Sea). Palermo became part of the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and eventually part of the Byzantine Empire, for over a thousand years. From 827 to 1071 it was under Arab rule during the Emirate of Sicily when it first became a capital. Following the Norman reconquest, Palermo became capital of a new kingdom (from 1130 to 1816), the Kingdom of Sicily. Eventually it would be united with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Two Sicilies until the Italian unification of 1860.