Chiesa di San Giovanni degli Eremiti

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  • Address
    Via dei Benedettini, centro
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    091 651 50 19

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Just south of the Palazzo dei Normanni, the Chiesa di San Giovanni degli Eremiti is Palermo's best-known example of the Norman-Arab architectural mix. Built under Roger II, it is topped by five red domes and set in a pretty, tree-filled garden with cloisters (admission around offering temporary respite from the chaos outside. The bare interior of the now deconsecrated church features some badly deteriorated frescoes.

The cloisters were undergoing renovation at the time of writing, but were expected to reopen in summer 2008.