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=== Palaces and museums === [[File:Palermo-Castle-bjs-1.jpg|thumb|[[Palazzo dei Normanni]], seat of the Sicilian Regional Assembly]] * [[Palazzo dei Normanni]] (the Norman Palace), a notable example of [[Norman architecture]], this palace houses the [[Cappella Palatina]].<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Palermo |volume=20 |page=599 |first1=Edward Augustus|last1=Freeman |first2=Thomas |last2=Ashby}}</ref> * [[Zisa, Palermo|Zisa]] (1160) and [[Cuba, Palermo|Cuba]], magnificent castles/houses historically used by the kings of Palermo for hunting. The Zisa today houses the Islamic museum. The Cuba was once encircled by water. * [[Palazzo Natoli]] * [[Palazzo Chiaramonte]] * [[Palazzo Abatellis]]: built at the end of the 15th century for the prefect of the city, Francesco Abatellis. It is a massive though elegant construction, in typical [[Gothic architecture|Catalan Gothic]] style, with [[Renaissance]] influences. The Gallery houses an Eleonora of Aragon bust by [[Francesco Laurana]] (1471) and the ''[[Malvagna Triptych]]'' ({{circa}} 1510), by [[Jan Mabuse|Jan Gossaert]] and an ''Annunziata'' by [[Antonello da Messina]]. * [[Antonino Salinas Regional Archeological Museum]]: museum includes numerous remains from [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]], [[Carthage|Carthaginian]], [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] and [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]] civilisations. It houses all the decorative remains from the Sicilian temples of [[Segesta]] and [[Selinunte]]. * [[Palazzina Cinese]]: royal residence of the [[House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]] and location of the Ethnographic Museum of Sicily.
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