PALERMO

Today I finally visited the Oratory of San Lorenzo. My main goal was to finally see the replica of Caravaggio’s painting that was stolen in Palermo. Instead, I found myself amazed by the oratory itself. It is so deeply hidden among the city’s narrow streets that, even though I[…]

This is my favorite church in Palermo – San Giuseppe dei Teatini. I simply feel incredibly comfortable there. There is something about the atmosphere of this place that I really love. The Theatines were a Catholic religious order that built this church in the 17th century. One of the[…]

To be honest, Casa Professa is not one of my favourite places in Palermo. However, I always recommend seeing it at least once — the rest is a matter of personal taste. In one of the first books I read about Palermo, a local described it with the word[…]

Yes, it turns out Caravaggio lived in Palermo. The short version is that he was sentenced to death in Rome for murder and fled to Malta. There, despite being a wanted man, he was accepted into the Order of Malta. But even in Malta something happened (depending on the[…]