Palermo
Palermo is an Italian city. It is the capital and largest city of Sicily. It has 720,000 people, with more than 1,000,000 in the metropolitan area. It has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate. The city started as a colony of Phoenicia. It was later Roman -for a century Islamic- and Norman and part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. After Italian unification Palermo grew rapidly. The city was bombed heavily in 1942 and 1943.
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Palemmu (Sicilian) | |
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| Comune di Palermo | |
 Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
.svg) The municipality of Palermo within the Metropolitan City of Palermo | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Founded | 736 BC |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Roberto Lagalla ([[List of political parties in Italy|UDC]]) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 160.59 km2 (62.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population (2025)[1] | |
| • Total | 625,956 |
| • Density | 3,897.85/km2 (10,095.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 90100 |
| Patron saint | Saint Rosalia, Saint Agata, Saint Oliva and Saint Benedict the Moor |
| Saint day | 15 July |
| Website | Official website |
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Palermo Media
Gulf of Mondello seen from Monte Pellegrino
Mount Pellegrino, pictured at the end of the 19th century; the mountain is visible from everywhere in the city.
Locator map for districts of Palermo, Italy
Palazzo dei Normanni, seat of the Sicilian Regional Assembly
Phoenician wall in via degli Schioppettieri
Palermo Botanical Garden: the Winter Garden greenhouses
San Giovanni degli Eremiti, a church showing elements of Byzantine, Arabic, and Norman architecture
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