Palermo | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 04/10/2019

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00:04:03 1 Geography
00:04:43 1.1 Climate
00:06:57 1.2 Topography
00:08:03 1.3 Rivers
00:08:51 1.4 Districts
00:09:13 1.5 Landmarks
00:09:30 1.5.1 Churches
00:16:12 1.5.2 Palaces and museums
00:17:55 1.5.3 City walls
00:20:03 1.5.4 Opera houses
00:21:09 1.5.5 Squares
00:21:49 1.5.6 Other sights
00:23:55 1.5.7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
00:24:34 2 Demographics
00:26:33 3 History
00:26:42 3.1 Early history
00:27:17 3.2 Ancient period
00:31:15 3.3 Middle Ages
00:35:03 3.4 Two Sicilies
00:36:58 3.5 Italian unification and today
00:42:00 4 Culture
00:42:09 4.1 Religion
00:42:18 4.1.1 Patron saints
00:44:17 4.2 Sports
00:45:31 5 Economy and infrastructure
00:46:20 5.1 Public transport
00:46:36 5.2 Buses
00:46:59 5.3 Trams
00:47:34 5.4 Coaches
00:47:53 5.5 Palermo Public Transportation Statistics
00:48:47 5.6 Roads
00:49:33 5.7 Airports
00:50:23 5.8 Port
00:51:25 5.9 National rail
00:51:56 6 Education
00:52:34 7 International relations
00:52:44 7.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:52:57 7.2 Twin City Trivia
00:53:38 8 Notable people
00:55:10 8.1 Honorary citizens
00:55:24 9 See also



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Palermo ( pə-LAIR-moh, -⁠LUR-, Italian: [paˈlɛrmo] (listen); Sicilian: Palermu, locally [paˈlɛmmʊ]; Latin: Panormus, from Greek: Πάνορμος, romanized: Pánormos) is a city of Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo. The city is noted for its 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 in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as Ziz. Palermo then became a possession of Carthage. Two Greek colonies were established, known collectively as Panormos or "All-Port"; the Carthaginians used this name on their coins after the 5th century BC. As Panormus, the town became part of the Roman Republic and Empire for over a thousand years. From 831 to 1072 the city was under Arab rule during the Emirate of Sicily when the city first became a capital. The Arabs shifted the Greek name into Bal'harm (Arabic: بَلَرْم‎), the root for Palermo's present-day name. Following the Norman reconquest, Palermo became the capital of a new kingdom (from 1130 to 1816), the Kingdom of Sicily and the capital of the Holy Roman Empire under Emperor Frederick II and King Conrad IV.
The population of Palermo urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 855,285, while its metropolitan area is the fifth most populated in Italy with around 1.2 million people. In the central area, the city has a population of around 676,000 people. The inhabitants are known as Palermitani or, poetically, panormiti. The languages spoken by its inhabitants are the Italian language and the Palermitano dialect of the Sicilian language.
Palermo is Sicily's cultural, economic and tourism capital. It is a city rich in history, culture, art, music and food. Numerous tourists are attracted to the city for its good Mediterranean weather, its renowned gastronomy and restaurants, its Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque churches, palaces and buildings, and its nightlife and music. Palermo is the main Sicilian industrial and commercial center: the main industrial sectors include tourism, services, commerce and agriculture. Palermo currently has an international airport, and a significant underground economy.
In fact, for cultural, artistic and economic reasons, Palermo was one of the largest cities in the Mediterranean and is now among the top tourist destinations in both Italy and Europe. It is the main seat of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of  ...