PALERMO

I really love stopping somewhere in the middle of Via Vittorio Emanuele (Cassaro) and looking toward its two ends. On the side of Palazzo Reale, I see Porta Nuova decorated with majolica. And on the sea side — Porta Felice. I don’t know why, but I really love city[…]

There is one place in Palermo that caught my attention because of its purpose: Oratorio dei Bianchi. Today, it is simply a museum, but in the 16th and 17th centuries it was the home of the Compagnia del Santissimo Crocifisso—a brotherhood of men dressed in white robes with large[…]