Step Into History
Walk Palermo in 1620
AI rebuilds Palermo street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.
Step Into History · City walk
Spanish Palermo, 1620
Palermo in 1620 is the capital city of Spanish-ruled Sicily, a dense Mediterranean port where new baroque axes and old Islamic-Norman palaces rub shoulders. The walk follows the recent cutting of Via Maqueda and the new theatrical crossroads at Piazza Vigliena, passes fish stalls and market lanes, the busy Cala with galleys, and the exterior faces of cathedral, palaces and confraternities as the city prepares for its seasonal devotions.
34 scenes — 21 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Palermo as it stood in 1620 (“History of Palermo”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Gulf View from Monte Pellegrino
- 2. The Cala Quay
- ↳ Cala Ship-owners' Storehouse · interior
- 3. Shipyards and Arsenal
- ↳ Galley Construction Shed · interior
- 4. Vucciria Market
- ↳ Vucciria Fish Market Shed · interior
- 5. Mercato del Capo
- ↳ Capo Market Lane · interior
- 6. Porta Felice
- 7. Via Maqueda, New Axis
- ↳ Maqueda Piano Nobile · interior
- 8. Piazza Vigliena
- 9. Via Maqueda Northward
- 10. Piazza Casa Professa
- ↳ Casa Professa Nave · interior
- 11. Oratory of Santa Cita
- ↳ Oratory Chapel of the Brotherhood · interior
- 12. Piazza Pretoria
- ↳ Podestà Council Chamber · interior
- 13. Piazza Bologni
- 14. Il Cassaro
- ↳ Merchant Counting House · interior
- 15. Cathedral Square
- ↳ Cathedral Treasury · interior
- 16. Palazzo dei Normanni
- ↳ Royal Audience Hall · interior
- 17. Palatine Chapel Exterior
- ↳ Palatine Mosaic Nave · interior
- 18. Ballarò Market
- ↳ Ballarò Covered Alley · interior
- 19. Piazza Marina
- 20. Porta Nuova
- 21. Monte Pellegrino Belvedere