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Palermo Luxury Vacations, Cruises, Tours and Travel Packages
In this section you will find the very best of the best Palermo Luxury hotels .Palermo Attractions and Palermo Events, Palermo Hotels and Resorts, Palermo Museums, Palermo Resturants. ---plus tons of enjoyable virtual tours and streaming videos---You will find everything here except the sunscreen.
 Founded by the Phoenicians in the fertile Conca d'Ora, Palermo is surrounded by a sea that sparkles just as brightly as the marvellous examples of Arabic and Norman art, making it the most fascinating historic, artistic and cultural center in the south.A city that contains centuries of different kinds of culture: Arabs, Normans, the French, Spanish and the Byzantines have all left their permanent mark on the place.Palermo's origins date back to the period between the 8th and the 6th century B.C., when the Phoenicians colonized the area that was previously inhabited by Sicans, Cretans and the Elimi.After being contested for a long period between Rome and Carthage during the Punic wars, the city of Paleopolis was placed under Roman rule (254 B.C.). After several attacks by various barbaric populations, the city then became a part of the Byzantine Empire, which governed it for about three centuries, until 831.
 The Arabs took over from the Byzantines and under their rule, Palermo enjoyed a period of splendor and prosperity. Art and economics were developed immensely, the first thanks to the influence of Arab culture and the latter through intense trading with the main Italian ports. Palermo increased its prestige by building mosques, luxurious palaces and wonderful gardens.
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