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Sicily (/ˈsɪsɪli/ SISS-i-lee; Italian: Sicilia [siˈtʃiːlja], Sicilian: Sicìlia) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is an autonomous region of Italy, in Southern Italy along with surrounding minor islands, officially referred to as Regione Siciliana.
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1. Le Absidi
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5.0 based on 113 reviews
Reviewed By SallyF906 - Northampton, United Kingdom
Beautiful architectural detail - definitely worth taking a walk around the back of the cathedral to see this.
2. Drago Artecontemporanea
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5.0 based on 28 reviews
3. Museo Salvatore Incorpora
4. A' Piscaria Mercato del Pesce
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4.5 based on 769 reviews
Reviewed By NormanLewis - Great Torrington, United Kingdom
The daily fish-market in Catania is right behind the fountain on the edge of the Piazza Duomo and is a combination of food market and street theatre. At its centre are the many stalls selling an enormous range of fish, shell fish and cephalopods (squid, octopus, cuttlefish) many of which are not easily identified. The vendors try to out do each other with a vocal performance designed to attract customers and many people line the raised terrace above the outdoor part of the market just to watch this display. The quality of the fish is excellent - although prices can be high. but you get what you pay for. In the surrounding streets are many other stalls selling fresh fruits and vegetables; and others where butchers wield huge hatchets dismembering all sorts of meats or extremely sharp knives to slice the meats incredibly thin which seems to be the preferred cut in Sicilian cuisine. Some of the sights can be a bit off-putting to English sensibilities – especially the vast amounts of offal – but that’s the joy of experiencing other cultures. Highly recommend a visit - in fact, we detoured through the fish market even on days when we didn’t need to buy anything, just for the sights and sounds of an excellent market.
5. Museo Diocesano di Palermo (Le Stanze dei Vescovi)
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4.5 based on 273 reviews
Historic building of the fifteenth century, with frescoes and furnishings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It displays around 300 works of art from the 12th to the 19th century in 12 rooms. 11 rooms belong to "Le Stanze dei Vescovi", the noble floor of the Archbishop's Palace, with the Alcova of Cardinal Gravina and the Sala Borremans entirely freshly painted in 1733.
6. Mercato del Pesce
7. Chiesa Sconsacrata di S. Margherita
8. Pinacoteca Zelantea
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4.5 based on 24 reviews
9. Regional Gallery (Galleria Regionale della Sicilia)
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4.0 based on 89 reviews
This neo-Gothic castle dating from 1488 houses the Regional gallery of Sicily, the largest museum in Palermo exclusively devoted to art, whose majority of work dates from the medieval and Renaissance periods through the eighteenth century.
10. Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna Empedocle Restivo
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4.0 based on 145 reviews
Reviewed By Jazzumbo - Campulung, Romania
Palermo's Modern Art Gallery is hosted by the exquisite Palazzo Bonet, exhibiting artworks from the 19th and 20th Century. The exhibition is well organized and starts in opera style with the dramatic painting I Vespri Siciliani by Erulio Eroli. It's a good opportunity to admire masterpieces from various modern art currents that alternated in Italy at the beginig of 20th Century, including Futurismo, Novecento, Arte Povera and Metaphisical Art among others. There's also a hall dedicated to Sicilian Novecento, for a more local flavor. The gran-finale is ensured by masterpieces signed by Guttuso, Pippo Rizzo and Sironi. The only downside during my visit was the lighting in the gallery, which was very poor in some of the halls, ironically in the ones displaying the bright Lojocano's landscapes.
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