{"id":7073,"date":"2005-10-02T18:08:25","date_gmt":"2005-10-03T01:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=7073"},"modified":"2011-12-06T05:04:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T13:04:54","slug":"palermo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2005\/10\/02\/palermo\/","title":{"rendered":"Palermo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We woke at 7A and ate breakfast and showered and planned our day.<\/p>\n

We had planned to take a bus tour to Erice, Trapani and Segesta, but we’re just tired of sitting in buses and cars so we canceled. Instead, we took a cab over to the Palazzo Abbezia in the Kalsa, or old Arabic, area. This houses the <\/a>Regional Art Gallery of Sicily, which has a wonderful collection of medieval, gothic and late gothic Sicilian art.<\/p>\n

\"A <\/a>
A detail from the fresco <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A famous marble bust of Eleanor of Aragon <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A painting of a nun – I really liked this one <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fresco <\/a>
Fresco of four women <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"One <\/a>
One of my favorites – Annunziata by Antonello de Messina <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"One <\/a>
One of the most unusual Pietas I’ve ever seen <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Painted <\/a>
Painted wood from a church in Palermo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Paintings <\/a>
Paintings of two people <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Part <\/a>
Part of the ceiling of the first room <\/div> <\/div>
\"Triumph <\/a>
Triumph of Death, a fresco from someplace in Palermo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/p>\n

We grabbed lunch as a trattoria in the neighborhood, and then walked to a few of the churchs in the Kalsa.<\/p>\n

\"A <\/a>
A figure of Christ in a glass case <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A parade object sitting in a parking lot <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Chiesa <\/a>
Chiesa di San Domenico <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Chiesa <\/a>
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Catena <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Chiesa <\/a>
Chiesa di Santa Maria dello Spasimo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Chiesa <\/a>
Chiesa di Santa Maria dello Spasimo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Chiesa <\/a>
Chiesa di Santa Teresa della Kalsa <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Chiesa <\/a>
Chiesa di Santa Maria dello Spasimo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Chiesa di Santa Maria dello Spasimo is special because its both a very old church and also misses its roof – it was destroyed during World War II and never replaced. We listened briefly to a performance of motorcycles – I’m serious, someone was conducting motorcycle sounds.<\/p>\n

All over the city were images by David LeChapelle, a famous photographer. However, I wonder how popular these are as the neighborhoods are very poor.<\/p>\n

\"David <\/a>
David LeChapelle’s image hanging outside in Palermo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"David <\/a>
David LeChapelle’s image hanging outside in Palermo <\/div> <\/div>
\"David <\/a>
David LeChapelle’s image hanging outside in Palermo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We also saw some dogs:<\/p>\n