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Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
, main city of Sicily
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, has a big heritage of churches which ranges from the Arab-Norman-Byzantine style to the Gothic
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and the Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
styles. In particular, the list includes the most important churches of the historic centre divided by the four areas of Kalsa, Albergaria, Seralcadi and Loggia.
Historic centre
Kalsa (or Tribunali)
Churches: *Sant'Anna la Misericordia
The Church of Saint Anne the Mercy (Italian language, Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Anna la Misericordia or simply Sant'Anna) is a Baroque architecture, Baroque church of Palermo. It is located in the area of the ancient market of Lattarini, in the Quar ...
* Chiesa dell'Assunta
* San Carlo dei Milanesi
* San Cataldo
* Santa Caterina
* San Francesco d'Assisi
* San Giovanni dei Napoletani
* La Magione
* La Martorana
The Church of St. Mary of the Admiral ( it, Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio), also called Martorana, is the seat of the Parish of San Nicolò dei Greci ( sq, Klisha e Shën Kollit së Arbëreshëvet), overlooking the Piazza Bellini, Palermo, Piazza ...
* Santa Maria degli Agonizzanti
* Santa Maria della Gancia
* Santa Maria dell'Itria alla Kalsa
* Santa Maria dei Miracoli
* Santa Maria della Pietà
* Santa Maria di Porto Salvo
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* Santa Maria dello Spasimo
Santa Maria dello Spasimo, or Lo Spasimo, is an unfinished Catholic church in the Kalsa neighborhood in Palermo, Sicily, on Via dello Spasimo.
Construction of the church and accompanying monastery of the Olivetan Order began in 1509 with a papal ...
* San Mattia ai Crociferi
* San Nicola da Tolentino
* Santissima Pietà
* Santa Teresa alla Kalsa
The Church of Saint Teresa (Italian language, Italian: Chiesa di Santa Teresa or Santa Teresa alla Kalsa) is a Baroque architecture, Baroque Roman Catholic church, located on Piazza della Kalsa, facing the ''Porta de Greci'' (now Palazzo Forcella ...
Oratories:
* Oratorio dei Bianchi
* Oratorio dell'Immacolatella
* Oratorio di San Lorenzo
The Oratory of Saint Lawrence ( it, Oratorio di San Lorenzo) is a Baroque oratory of Palermo. It is located near the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, in the quarter of the Kalsa, within the historic centre of Palermo.
The oratory was built ...
Albergaria (or Palazzo Reale)
Churches: * Cappella Palatina * Carmine Maggiore * Casa Professa *Santa Chiara all'Albergaria
Santa Chiara all'Albergaria refers to a church and former monastery located in piazza Santa Chiara, in the quarter of Albergaria in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The church is located near the busy outdoor Ballarò marketplace.
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* Sant'Elena e Costantino
* San Francesco Saverio
* San Giorgio in Kemonia
* San Giovanni degli Eremiti
San Giovanni degli Eremiti (St John of the Hermits) is an ancient former monastic church located on Via Benedettini #19 in the ancient quarter of Albergaria of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. It is about two blocks south from the ...
* San Giovanni dell'Origlione
* San Giuseppe dei Teatini
San Giuseppe dei Teatini is a Roman Catholic church on via Vittorio Emanuele, at the southwest corner of the Quattro Canti, in the historic center of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The east flank of the nave faces the Fontana Pre ...
* Maria Santissima della Soledad
* Sant'Orsola
* La Pinta
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* Santi Quaranta Martiri Pisani al Casalotto
* Santissimo Salvatore
Oratories:
* Oratorio del Carminello
* Oratorio delle Dame
* Oratorio di San Giuseppe dei Falegnami
* Oratorio di San Mercurio
Palermo Cathedral
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* Cappella dell'Incoronata
* Chiesa dell'Angelo Custode
* Sant'Agata alla Guilla
* Sant'Agostino
* Santi Cosma e Damiano
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* Santa Cristina la Vetere
* Santi Diecimila Martiri
* Sacra Famiglia al Papireto
* San Giovanni alla Guilla
* San Gregorio Papa
* Immacolata Concezione al Capo
* Madonna delle Grazie dei Macellai
* Madonna di Monte Oliveto or Badia Nuova
* Santa Maria di Gesù al Capo
* Santa Maria della Mercede
* Santa Maria Maddalena
* Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi
The Church of Saint Nympha (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Ninfa or Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi) is a Baroque-Mannerist church of Palermo. The facade rises on Via Maqueda, a block north of the central intersection known as the Quattro Canti, in the q ...
* San Ranieri
* San Rocco
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* Santa Rosalia ai Quattro Coronati
* San Stanislao Koskta
* Chiesa dei Tre Re
Oratories:
* Oratorio dei Santi Pietro e Paolo
* Oratorio di Santo Stefano protomartire
Sant'Antonio Abate
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* Santa Cita or San Mamiliano
* San Domenico
* Sant'Eulalia dei Catalani 250px, View of the upper façade.
Sant'Eulalia dei Catalani is a deconsecrated church, whose Renaissance facade can still be seen on Via Argenteria #19, at the edge of the lively Vucciria market in ancient quarter of Castellammare in central Paler ...
* San Gioacchino
* San Giorgio dei Genovesi
* Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella
The Church of Saint Ignatius (Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio or Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella) is a Baroque church of Palermo. It is located in the ancient neighborhood of the Olivella, in the quarter of the Loggia, within the historic centre of Pale ...
* Madonna del Lume
* Madonna del Soccorso
* Santa Maria della Catena
* Santa Maria di Valverde
* Santa Maria la Nova
* San Matteo al Cassaro
The Church of Saint Matthew (Italian: Chiesa di San Matteo or San Matteo al Cassaro) is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. It is located in the main street of the city, the ancient Cassaro now Corso Vitto ...
* San Sebastiano a Porta Carbone
* Santa Sofia dei Tavernieri
Oratories:
* Oratorio di Santa Caterina d'Alessandria
* Oratorio del Rosario di Santa Cita
* Oratorio del Rosario di San Domenico
Others
* San Ciro a Maredolce * Ecce Homo all'Uditore * San Francesco di Paola * San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi * Santa Lucia al Monte *Madonna dei Rimedi
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* Santa Maria di Monserrato
* Santa Maria della Pace
* Santo Spirito
* Santo Stefano Protomartire alla Zisa
* Cappella della Santissima Trinità alla Zisa
* Santuario di Santa Rosalia
* Monreale Cathedral
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Non-Catholic churches
* Anglican Church *Waldensian Church
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