Palazzo Pretorio

The Praetorian Palace (Italian: Palazzo Pretorio), also known as Palace of the Eagles (Italian: Palazzo delle Aquile), is a palace of Palermo. The building has an important role in the political life of the city, since it houses the mayor and the offices of the municipality of Palermo. It is located in the heart of the historic centre, between Via Maqueda, Piazza Pretoria and Piazza Bellini, in the same area of other well-known architectural landmarks like the Fontana Pretoria, the Baroque church of Santa Caterina and the Medieval churches of Martorana and San Cataldo (both of them are World Heritage Sites).

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Palazzo Pretorio ranks #2,777 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #219 of the 452 mapped in Italy. Founded 1875, it is older than 6% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 22 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Sicily. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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