Editing Palermo (section)

=== Other sights ===
[[File:Orto botanico Palermo 04.jpg|thumb|[[Orto botanico di Palermo|Palermo Botanical Garden]]: the Winter Garden greenhouses]]
The "Wall of Legality" (Il Muro Della Legalità) depicts 38 important persons who helped in fighting the mafia. The street art project was inaugurated in July 2022 and is a joint effort by 19 artists. It can be found at Piazza degli Aragonesi.

The cathedral has a [[heliometer]] (solar observatory) dating to 1690, one of a number<ref name="ref1">{{cite web |url=http://cis.alma.unibo.it/NewsLetter/090496Nw/Heilbron.htm |title=A paper from University of Bologna describing Heliometers in Italian Cathedrals |publisher=Cis.alma.unibo.it |date=6 December 1995 |access-date=3 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413205139/http://cis.alma.unibo.it/NewsLetter/090496Nw/Heilbron.htm |archive-date=13 April 2011}}</ref> built in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries. The device itself is quite simple: a tiny hole in one of the minor domes acts as [[pinhole camera]], projecting an image of the sun onto the floor at [[noon|solar noon]] (12:00 in winter, 13:00 in summer). There is a bronze line, ''[[Meridian (astronomy)|la Meridiana]]'', on the floor, running precisely north–south. The ends of the line mark the positions as at the summer and winter [[solstice]]s; [[zodiac|signs of the zodiac]] show the various other dates throughout the year.

The purpose of the instrument was to standardise the measurement of [[time in physics|time]] and the [[Gregorian calendar|calendar]]. The convention in Sicily had been that the (24‑hour) day was measured from the moment of dawn, which of course meant that no two locations had the same time and, more importantly, did not have the same time as in [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in [[Rome]]. It was also important to know when the [[Equinox|vernal equinox]] occurred, to provide the correct date for [[Easter]].

The [[Orto botanico di Palermo]] (Palermo Botanical Garden), founded in 1785, is the largest in Italy with a surface of {{cvt|10|ha}}.

One site of interest is the [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin]] [[Capuchin catacombs of Palermo|Catacombs]], with many [[mummy|mummified]] [[Cadaver|corpse]]s in varying degrees of preservation.

Close to the city is the {{cvt|600|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} [[Monte Pellegrino]], offering a panorama of the city, its surrounding mountains and the sea.

Another good panoramic viewpoint is the promontory of Monte Gallo ({{cvt|586|m|ft|disp=semicolon}}), near Mondello Beach.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.siciliaincammino.it/promontori-sul-mare-ascesa-monte-gallo-da-partanna-mondellopalermo |title=Promontori sul mare: Ascesa a Monte Gallo da Partanna Mondello(Palermo) &#124; Sicilia... In cammino - Trekking e Outdoor Network |access-date=2 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231619/http://www.siciliaincammino.it/promontori-sul-mare-ascesa-monte-gallo-da-partanna-mondellopalermo |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

Moreton Bay fig of >30 m girth and of 32m height can be found on the Piazza Marina. This [[Ficus macrophylla]] is most probably the thickest tree in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/ita/sizilien/palermo/2309_piazzamarina/3517/ |year=2012 |website=monumentaltrees.com |title=Moreton Bay fig on the Piazza Marina, Palermo, Sicily, Italy |access-date=27 December 2019 |archive-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227174725/https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/ita/sizilien/palermo/2309_piazzamarina/3517/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

On the boulevard [[Via Roma, Palermo|Via Roma]] is the [[Palazzo delle Poste, Palermo|Palazzo delle Poste]], an official Italian government building created during the [[Mussolini era]] in the [[Stripped Classicism|stripped classicism]] architectural style. It was designed by the [[Rationalism (architecture)|rationalist]] and later fascist government architect, [[Angiolo Mazzoni]]. Perhaps its most famous feature is the five mural cycle in the [[Futurist]] style painted by the artist [[Benedetta Cappa]] titled "Sintesi delle Comunicazioni" (Synthesis of Communication).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thule-italia.com/wordpress/2014/04/17/il-palazzo-delle-poste-di-palermo/ |title=Il Palazzo delle Poste di Palermo &#124; Thule Italia |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=20 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920220056/http://thule-italia.com/wordpress/2014/04/17/il-palazzo-delle-poste-di-palermo/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/arts/design/guggenheim-is-to-show-rare-murals-by-a-futurist.html |title=Guggenheim is to Show Rare Murals by a Futurist |newspaper=The New York Times |date=20 January 2014 |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032211/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/arts/design/guggenheim-is-to-show-rare-murals-by-a-futurist.html |url-status=live |last1=Donadio |first1=Rachel}}</ref>

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