Palermo, city of kings : the heart of Sicily /
Palermo, the capital city of Sicily, is a destination with a difference. The city is a treasure trove of original monuments and works of art, combined with architecture of grand proportions. Yet it also has a grittier side, exemplified by its mafia connections. Jeremy Dummett here provides the first...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
[2015]
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| Summary: | Palermo, the capital city of Sicily, is a destination with a difference. The city is a treasure trove of original monuments and works of art, combined with architecture of grand proportions. Yet it also has a grittier side, exemplified by its mafia connections. Jeremy Dummett here provides the first concise history of Palermo, together with a survey of its most important monuments and sites. |
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| Item Description: | Illustrations on endpapers. |
| Physical Description: | 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781784530839 1784530832 9780857737168 (ebk.) 0857737163 (ebk.) |