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Palermo (Palermo Province) is located on the north coast of Sicily (Tyrrhenian Sea) with an altitude of 14 m. The current population is just over 730,000 in an area of 158.88 sq km. The postal code is 90100 while the phone prefix is 091. The economy includes agriculture (citrus fruits, vegetables), industries, handicraft, commerce and trade, tourism, and services.
The earliest settlers were Phoenicians in the 8th century B.C. Palermo was involved in the Battle of Himera in 480 B.C. along with Carthage and the Greeks of Sicily.
In the Punic War, it was the site of Cartheginian defense against the Romans who defeated them in 251 B.C. The city was later part of the Byzantine Empire and was later ruled by Arabs during which it was once again a capital and one of the most important economic and cultural centers in Sicily.
It was further enriched during Norman rule after 1072. In the 13th and 14th centuries it was ruled by the Angevins and then the Aragonese. In the 15th and 16th centuries it was a point of struggle against the Turks. In the 18th century, after a brief Savoy and Austrian rule, it was passed to the Bourbons and was once again a cultural and economic center.
Today it is the capital of Palermo Provincia and the largest city in Sicily. I've found the staff at the Provincial Archives and its annex as well as the Municipio to be both helpful and friendly.
The Provincial Archives (main) is located at:
Archivio di Stato
via Vittorio Emanuele 31
90133 Palermo, PA
The section of the archives containing notarial and military records located at Cortile Gancia, #2.
The Stato Civile is located near the train station at:
Piazza Giulio Cesare #52
90100 Palermo, PA
The Ufficio di Anagrafe is open mornings (8:30-1) M-F, afternoons (3:30-5:30) on Wed and Fri. They've microfilmed their records, but don't have access to the films at that location. It is best to send them a letter to request the Stato di Famiglia and other related documents.located at:
Viale Lazio #119, stanza #11
90100 Palermo, PA
The Diocesan Museum is on two floors in the Archbishop's Palace (1460), across from the Cathedral. The Municipio is in the old Senatorial Palace (15th century to 1875). The Regional Archaelogical Museum is on Piazza Olivella and is extraordinary!!
There is an Easter procession in Partanna Mondello suburb of Palermo the Sunday before Easter. The International Trot Races are held here in May, also the Merit Cup Windsurf World Festival is held in the Mondello suburb. In June is the International Display of Sub-Acqua Activities. On July 14 is the Festa of Santa Rosalia is celebrated in Palermo. Also in July is the International Air Show.
The Diocese Archives are located at:
Curia Vescovile
Diocese di Palermo
Via Matteo Bonello, 2
90134 Palermo (PA)
Churches (Palermo Diocese) include the following:
Annunciazione del Signore
Cuore Eucaristo di Gesu
Carmine (1626, historic) on Piazza Ballaro
Cattedrale (Maria SS. Assunta, started in 1184)
Chiesa del Noviziato (baroque, historic) on Piazzetta del Noviziato
Chiesa dell'Assunta (17th century, historic) on via Maqueda
Chiesa della Concezione (17th century, historic) on via Porta Carini
Chiesa della Pieta (17th century, historic) on via Alloro
Gesu (1564, historic) on Piazza Casa Professa with the City Library housed in the old Casa Professa (Casa dei Gesuiti)
Gesu, Maria, Giuseppe in Resuttana Colli area
Madonna del Soccorso in Altarello di Baida area
Madonna delle Grazie in Roccella area
Madonna della Providenza
Madonna di Lourdes
Maria Ausiliatrice on via Sampolo
Maria SS. Addolorata in Mondello area
Maria SS. Assunta in Valdesi area
Maria SS. Assunta on via Perpignano
Maria SS. Buon Consiglio
Maria SS. Consolatrice delgi Afflitti
Maria SS. del Carmelo in Croce Verde
Maria SS. del Carmelo on via Decollati
Maria SS. del Rosario in Bandita
Maria SS. del Rosario on via Cruillas
Maria SS. della Lettera in Acquasanta area
Maria SS. delle Grazie in Conte Federico area
Maria SS. delle Grazie in Villagrazia area
Maria SS. di Monserrato (Santa Lucia) on Piazza delle Croci
Maria SS. di Pompei
Maria SS. Immacolata in Settecannoli area on via Immacolatella allo Sperone
Maria SS. Immacolata on via Roccella
Maria SS. Madre della Chiesa
Maria SS. Madre della Misericordia
Maria SS. Mediatrice
Maria SS. Regina delgi Apostoli in Vergine Maria area
Maria SS. Regina Pacis on Piazza 4 Novembre
Maria SS. Stella Maris
Mater Dei on via Trabucco
Nostra Signora della Nazioni in San Eugonic Papa
S. Agnese Verg. + Mart.
S. Alberto Magno
S. Basilio
S. Carlo Borromeo
S. Chiara di Assisi
S. Croce on via Maqueda (historic)
S. Cuore
S. Ernesto
S. Francesco d'Assisi
S. Francesco di Sales
S. Gabriele Arcangelo
S. Giovanni Apostolo
S. Giovanni M. Vianney
S. Girolamo
S. Giuseppe ai Leoni
S. Giuseppe Artigiano in Brancaccio
S. Giuseppe Cafasso
S. Giuseppe Cottolengo
S. Giuseppe in Passo di Rigano area on via Roccazzo
S. Luca
S. Lucia
S. Luisa de'Marillac
S. Mamiiano Vecovo + Mart.
S. Marco Ev.
S. Maria degli Angeli (Gancia, 15th century) in Partanna Mondello area
S. Maria della Pace
S. Maria della Pieta
S. Maria delle Grazie on via delle Ferrovie
S. Maria di Gesu
S. Maria Goretti
S. Michele Arcangelo
S. Nicolo da Tolentino (former synagogue, located in Giudecca)
S. Olivia Verg. + Mart.
S. Pio X
S. Raffaele Arcangelo
S. Rosa da Lima
S. Rosalia in San Lorenzo Colli area
S. Sergio
S. Silvia in Cardillo
S. Stanislao Kostka
S. Susanna
S. Tarcisio
S. Tummaso d'Aquino
S. Vincenzo de Paoli
Sacre Famiglia
San Antonio da Padova in Arenella area on Piazza Tonnara
San Antonio di Padova on Piazza San Antonino
San Antonio Magno Abate on via Roma
San Cataldo (12th century, historic) on Piazza Bellini
San Domenico (1640, historic) on Piazza San Domenico
San Espedito on via Niccolo Garzilli
San Francesco di Paola (1255) on Piazza San Francesco di Paola
San Gaetano in Brancaccio area
San Giacomo Apostile in C. Pisani area
San Giacomo Apostile on via Cassari
San Giorgio dei Genovesi (16th century, historic) at the end of via Squarcialupo
San Giovanni Battista in San Nicola Tol. on via Maqueda
San Giovanni Battista in Tommaso Natale area
San Giovanni Bosco in Romagnolo area on via Messina Marine
San Giovanni degli Eremiti (1132, historic) on via Benedettini near the Royal Palace
San Giovanni dei Napolitani (18th century, historic) near Steri
San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi (1072, historic) on via Cappello
San Giuseppe dei Teatini (1612, historic)
San Giuseppe in Chiavelli area
San Gregorio Papa in Boccadifalco area
San Ippolito on via Porta Carini
San Luigi Gonzaga on via Gregorio Ugdulena
San Matteo (1633, historic) near Quattro Canti
San Nicolo di Bari in Santa Oliva in C. Calatafimi area
San Nicolo di Bari (13th century) on via Albergheria (historic)
San Nicolo di Bari on via Torremuzza (historic)
San Pietro Apostilo in Palazzo dei Normanni
Sant'Agata la Pedata on via del Vespro
Sant'Agostino (13th century, historic) on via Raimondo Maestro d'Acqua
Sant'Anna la Misericordia (17th century) on Piazza Sant'Anna
Sant'Ignazio (1593, historic) on Piazza Olivella
Sant'Orsola (17th century, historic) near Palazzo Comitini (18th century, now housing the seat of the Province of Palermo).
Santa Caterina (15th century, near the Municipio, historic)
Santa Cita (17th century, historic) between via Valverde and via Squarcialupo
Santa Margherita in Marabitti area
Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio (la Martorana, 1140 with a baroque facade, historic) on Piazza Bellini
Santa Maria della Catena (16th century, historic) near Steri
Santa Maria della Consolazione on via Consolazione
Santa Maria di Porto Salvo (16th century, historic) near Fontana del Garraffo
Santa Maria di Valverde (16th century, historic) on Piazza Valverde
Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesu on via Filippo Parlatore
Santa Teresa (1686, historic) on Piazza Kalsa
Santo Stefano all'Annunziata in via Zisa
Spirito Santo on via Filippo Iuvara
SS. Cosma e Damiano in Sferracavallo area (historic)
SS. Cracifesso in via Pietratagliata
SS. Crocifisso in Acqua dei Corsari area
SS. Crocifisso in Ciaculli
SS. Cuore di Gesu on Piazza Noce
SS. Pietro + Paolo Apostoli
SS. Sacramento on via Lincoln (historic)
SS. Salvatore in Settecannoli area (17th century)
SS. Trinita (1191) on Piazza Magione
Gesu Sacerdote (Borgo Nuovo - suburb of Palermo)
S. Cristina (Borgo Nuovo - suburb of Palermo)
S. Paolo Ap. (Borgo Nuovo - suburb of Palermo)
S. Caterina da Siena (Borgo Ulivia - suburb of Palermo)
S. Filippo Neri (Fondo Patti - suburb of Palermo)
Maria SS. dell'Addaura (Lungomare - suburb of Palermo)
S. Ambrogio (Marinella - suburb of Palermo)
SS. Ecce Homo (Uditore - suburb of Palermo)
Churches (Monreale Diocese) include the following:
Santa Maria La Reale (Chiesa Madre in Rocca - suburb of Palermo)
Santa Croce (Rocca - suburb of Palermo)
San Gioacchino (Rocca - suburb of Palermo)
San Antonio di Padova (Rocca - suburb of Palermo)
Churches (Piana degli Albanesi Diocese) include the following:
S. Nicolo dei Greci
Families researched in these records include The following:Agnello, Ajello, Alaimo, Albanese, Amato, Anello, Arcuri, Arioto, Arpa, Bagnasco, Bajamonte, Beamonte, Benefede, Bruno, Buffa, Busalacchi, Candela, Cangelosi, Cangialosi, Capelli, Caporrimo, Caracausi, Caravello, Castagna, Castiglione, Cataldo, Celestri, Centineo, Cimiotta, Cioritori, Commareri, Conti, Cordone, Costanzo, Crisanti, Cusimano, Cutrera, D'Angelo, d'Aura, De Castro, De Lisi, Demma, Dentici, di Blasi, Di Francesco, Dilosa, DiMarco, Di Maria, di Piazza, Durante, Fadale, Ferraro, Fontana, Forceri, Frenda, Gagliano, Gambino, Garafalo, Garappolo, Giacalone, Giuffre, Giustiniano, Graziano, Guagliardo, Gullotti, Ignazio, Ingrassia, Lecce, Liga, Lo Cicero, Lo Grasso, Lo Voi, Lupo, Macaluso, Machi, Magno, Mammana, Mamuli, Manca, Mangiaracina, Manno, Marchese, Mariano, Marino, Marrone, Martines, Mascari, Megna, Mendola, Messina, Musso, Natale, Nobile, Noto, Orrecchia, Pagano, Palmieri, Pampinella, Parisi, Pecoraino, Pezzati, Pirrone, Piscitello, Polizzi, Prestiapico, Prizzi, Puglisi, Rinella, Riso, Romano, Russo, Saglimbeni, Scorsone, Serio, Sibella, Silverstri, Sinatra, Siragusa, Sparacio, Stabile, Sucomeli, Suttoneri, Tedesco, Terracchio, Tessituri, Tornebene, Torregrossa, Traina, Turano, Urso, Valguarnera, Valenza, Varvara, Vassallo, Velardi, Verona, Villareale, Virgilio, Vitale, Xibella, Zafarano.
Links to other sites about Palermo include:
Ancient Sicily
Palermo Photos
Palermo
City of Palermo
Palermo Web
Italian Wikipedia
Italian Towns
Italian Postal Codes
Sicily Web
Sicilia
Sicilian Net
My latest book on CD is titled Sicily, Part 1 and Part 2 is now available on 2 CDs. With a file for each town (plus many other files), it relates the history of Sicily as reflected in the photos, records and festivals of its towns. It contains over 2500 text and photo files and can be ordered at CD order.
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