Port of Palermo

USS SC-694 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 21 March 1942 by the Daytona Beach Boat Works in Daytona Beach, Florida, and launched on 25 May 1942. She was commissioned on 9 September 1942. She was bombed and sunk by German Ju 88 dive bombers off the coast of Palermo, Sicily, on 23 August 1943.

The Maxi Trial (Italian: Maxiprocesso) was a criminal trial against the Sicilian Mafia that took place in Palermo, Sicily. The trial lasted from 10 February 1986 (the first day of the Corte d'Assise) to 30 January 1992 (the final day of the Supreme Court of Cassation), and was held in a bunker-style courthouse specially constructed for this purpose inside the walls of the Ucciardone prison. Sicilian prosecutors indicted 475 mafiosi for a multitude of crimes relating to Mafia activities, based primarily on testimonies given as evidence from former Mafia bosses turned informants, known as pentiti, in particular Tommaso Buscetta and Salvatore Contorno. Most were convicted, 338 people, sentenced to a total of 2,665 years, not including life sentences handed to 19 bosses; the convictions were upheld on 30 January 1992 by the Supreme Court of Italy, after the final stage of appeal. The importance of the trial was that the existence of Cosa Nostra was finally judicially confirmed.It is considered to be the most significant trial ever against the Sicilian Mafia, as well as the largest trial in world history. Throughout and after the trial, several judges and magistrates were killed by the Mafia, including the two who led it—Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.

The Monument to Ignazio Florio is a bronze monumental sculpture, dedicated to the Sicilian industrialist, erected in 1909 on Piazza Florio, in Palermo, Sicily.

The Obelisk for the 13 Victims of 14 April 1860 (Obelisco Alle Tredici Vittime Del 14 Aprile 1860) is a monument honoring the thirteen prisoners executed, without trial, for conspiring to lead a revolt against the Bourbon monarchy. It is located in a park, the Piazza delle XIII Vittime, at the intersection of Via Cavour and Via Francesco Crispi, just north of the church of San Giorgio dei Genovesi in the ancient quarter of Castellammare of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The failed plot which led to the execution of the 13 men is known as the Gancia Revolt, after the church and convent of Santa Maria della Gancia. With the aid of some of the Franciscans, some thirty conspirators had hidden themselves and weapons in the Gancia convent, but were betrayed to the police by one of the friars, Michele da Sant’Antonino. The head of police, Salvatore Maniscalco, gathered a regiment an on 4 April 1860 stormed the convent killing nearly twenty and capturing thirteen rebels. Two were able to escape by hiding amid corpses in the crypt tombs, and later tunneling out through a small perforation in the wall (bucca della salvezza) still marked on Via Allora. Further color is added to the events, because the rebels were able to escape due to a distraction staged by neighborhood prostitutes to distract the soldiers of the Bourbon monarchy. The thirteen arrested were detained at the castle of Castellamare. The authorities fearing further revolts and the invasion by Garibaldi and his army, decided to publicly execute the prisoners, forgoing any trial. The thirteen were blindfolded and led to a bastion at Porta San Giorgio. They were forced to kneel and a dozen were executed by two volleys. A lone survivor, a local butcher named Sebastiano Camarrone, rather than having his execution commuted, was killed by a third volley. The bodies were buried hurriedly in an unmarked grave in a local cemetery. A month later, the Expedition of the Thousand by Garibaldi liberated Palermo from Bourbon rule. The monument was designed by Salvatore Valenti and erected in 1883. Atop the obelisk is a metal star. At the base are engraved the names of the victims: Michelangelo Barone (age 30 years), Gaetano Calandra (34), Sebastiano Camarrone (30), Cono Cangeri (34), Andrea Coffaro (60), Domenico Cucinotta (31), Nicolò Di Lorenzo (32), Giovanni Riso (58), Liborio Vallone (44), Pietro Vassallo (40), Francesco Ventimiglia (27), Michele Fanara (22), and Giuseppe Teresi (28 years old). The son of Giovanni Riso, also apprehended, would die of wounds and torture a month later.The site is poorly conserved. In the park across the street are rusted monolithic beams meant to be Monument to the Fallen in the Battle against the Mafia.

The Grand Hotel et des Palmes is a historic hotel in Palermo, Sicily, on the central Via Roma. The building was built on the initiative of the Ingham-Whitaker family in 1874 and used as a private residence. The house was connected by a secret passage to the adjacent Anglican church. Initially, the building consisted of a two-story low body with an exotic winter garden that reached the sea. At the end of the 19th century, the house was sold to the knight Enrico Ragusa, who in 1907 commissioned the transformation of Palazzo Ingham in the Grande Albergo delle Palme to the architect Ernesto Basile. It became a luxury hotel, symbol of the Belle Époque. In November 2018 it was acquired by Algebris for roughly €12 million.Notable people who have resided in the hotel include: Richard Wagner, the composer who in 1881 finished the composition of the Parsifal there; Raymond Roussel, the poet who lived there until his death; Charles Poletti, who for political and then military reasons for the duration of the conflict, turned it into a US headquarters during the Second World War; José Enrique Rodó, Uruguayan writer and essayist, who spent his last days there.

Saint George of the Genoese (Italian: San Giorgio dei Genovesi) is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church located near the port of La Cala, on Via Buon Pastore in the ancient quarter of the Loggia, in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.

The Conservatorio di Musica Alessandro Scarlatti (English: Conservatory of Music Alessandro Scarlatti), better known in English as the Palermo Conservatory, is a music conservatory in Palermo, Italy. One of the oldest music schools in Italy, the organization was originally established as an orphanage for boys known as the Orfanotrofio del Buon Pastore in 1618. Music instruction began at the school in the late 17th century, and for a limited period music was the primary emphasis of the school when it was known as the Conservatorio dei giovanetti dispersi (English: Conservatory of missing youths). It evolved into a liberal arts college, known as the Collegio dei giovanetti dispersi, with an emphasis on literature and writing during the first half of the 18th century. In 1747 an emphasis on music resumed, and not long after the school was renamed the Collegio musicale del Buon Pastore. It operated under that name until 1915 when the school's name was changed to the Conservatorio di Musica Vincenzo Bellini. In 2018, the school's name was changed once again in honor of the composer Alessandro Scarlatti.

Sant'Alessandro dei Carbonai is a small Baroque-style church located on Via Sant'Alessandro, near the port area, in the ancient quarter of Castellammare, in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The church now hosts Russian Orthodox services.

The Palazzo Branciforte is Renaissance-style aristocratic palace located on Via Bara dell'Olivella, in the historic center of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. It underwent extensive refurbishment under the direction of the architect Gae Aulenti, and since completion of the work in 2012 has been the home of the Fondazione Sicilia, and houses a modern library, auditorium, and exhibition halls.

Santa Cita, reconsecrated in 1952 as San Mamiliano, is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Squarcialupo, 1, in the quarter of Castellammare of the city of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The church and its artworks suffered heavily the bombardment during the Second World War, but it still contains original works and is attached to the Oratory of the Rosary of Santa Cita and less than a block north of the church of Santa Maria di Valverde.

Piazza Castelnuovo is a square of Palermo. Along with the contiguous Piazza Ruggero Settimo, it forms a single urban space, commonly called Piazza Politeama, by virtue of the presence of Teatro Politeama, the second most important theatre of the city after Teatro Massimo. The square is located between Via Ruggero Settimo, Viale della Libertà and Via Dante, near the historic centre of Palermo, and represents one of the most popular city's square. On Piazza Castelnuovo are located a structure called "Palchetto della Musica" (work of Salvatore Valenti), the monument to Carlo Cottone (work of Giovan Battista Palazzotto and Domenico Costantino), the sculptures "Nautica" (work of Mario Rutelli), "Lavoro" (work of Benedetto Civiletti) and "Senzatetto" (work of Pasquale Civiletti). The square is named after Carlo Cottone, prince of Castelnuovo, one of the advocate of the Sicilian Constitution of 1812.

Piazza Ruggero Settimo is a square of Palermo. Along with the contiguous Piazza Castelnuovo, it forms a single urban space, commonly called Piazza Politeama, by virtue of the presence of Teatro Politeama, the second most important theatre of the city after Teatro Massimo. The square is located between Via Ruggero Settimo and Viale della Libertà, near the historic centre of Palermo, and represents one of the most popular city's square. It is dedicated to the Sicilian patriot Ruggero Settimo and a monument depicting him (work of Benedetto De Lisi) is located at the centre of the square.