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In the 19th century, the idea of bringing Sicily’s great figures together in one place could be seen by the Bourbons as a political conspiracy. That is how the Pantheon of Illustrious Sicilians came to San Domenico, right in the city centre. Today, you can find the names of nearly a hundred notable figures here, including Giovanni Falcone and Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. And next door, in the 13th-century chiostro, there is a small 15th-century Madonna del Latte.