Today we walked to a sporting goods shop to see if I could get a Palermo football jersey – they didn’t have XXL. The, it was over to the Liberte area to shop a little, then caught the City Sightseeing bus to ride around Palermo for an hour or so. We got off near the waterfront and bought some ceramics (of course). We had lunch at a local Osteria. We then had a Coke and decided that we’d rather see churches than shop some more, so we walked over to the Oratorio dei Rosaria di Santa Cita.

A detail from the facade of the adjoining church

The altar for the Oratorio

The doors of the Oratorio

We walked past some of the silversmiths to Chiesa di San Dominico, which was still closed.

A detail showing the lights and an image added to San Dominico for a local festival

Facade of Chiesa di San Dominico

We then walked across part of the old city to reach Chiesa di San Francesco D’Assisi; this was not a good part of town at all, Aviva was quite afraid but it was sunny daylight and no one bothered us at all.

A general street scene where we walked

A very colorful, but bombed out, building (there are some ceramic wall tiles in there)

We reached Chiesa di San Francesco D’Assisi. This church was badly damaged during World War II but has been largely restored.

A detail of an interior column, showing St. Francis and some grotesques

The facade of Chiesa di San Francesco D’Assisi

We walked back to Chiesa di San Dominico, which to our surprise was open! But, services were starting so we took a quick look and then exited.