The Catacombs was located at the fringe of the city and looked to pakdokter to be like in the poorer and older side of the city. Below were some of the pictures of buildings along the street which pakdokter managed to capture from inside the taxi.
On the way back we passed the Old Palace and stopped to visit the Cathedral of Palermo. On the site of this building, originally, was a Byzantine Basilica - built during the reign of the Eastern Roman Rulers whose capital was in Constantinople (current day Istanbul.) When the Arabs ruled Sicily, this building was converted into a mosque but after the Muslims were sacked by the Normandy Christians, it was re-converted into a church again. Not much of the Arabic features were left to be seen today...
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