page_title: Outline of Palermo
section_title: Locations in Palermo
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Palermo / Geography of Palermo / Locations in Palermo
caption_attribution_description: San Domenico, Palermo
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Palermo:
  Palermo – 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. Palermo then became a possession of Carthage, before becoming part of the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and eventually part of the Byzantine 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. Following the Norman reconquest, Palermo became the capital of a new kingdom, the Kingdom of Sicily and the capital of the Holy Roman Empire under Emperor Frederick II and King Conrad IV. Palermo is Sicily's cultural, economic and tourism capital. It is a city rich in history, culture, art, music and food.
context_section_description: Tourist attractions
  Museums in Palermo
  Shopping areas and markets
caption: San Domenico
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