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Excerpt from Pictures From Sicily Palermo - its streets - the corso vittorio emanuele - inner life OF the city - A picture IN words - the mendicants - the promenade OF the marina - AN evening scene - convent OF santa maria DI gesu - view OF PA lermo-monte pellegrino - story OF santa rosalia - her statues - church OF santo spirito - scene OF the sicilian vespers - ji'he campo santo - historical notices OF palermo - the palaces OF LA cuba and LA zisa - the norman king, roger - church OF san giovanni degli eremiti - the cappella reale - A gorgeous edifice - some curious mosaics - LA martorana - cathedral OF palermo - its remarkable monumentsi - monasterio della pieta - monks and nuns.. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.