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One of the city's most romantic spots is this ruined 12th-century church and monastery complex on the Albergheria's western edge, built under the reign of Roger II between 1130 and 1148.
The simple church with its five unmistakable Arabo-Norman (a.k.a. Arabian-Fatimite) red domes is set amid luxuriant gardens of palm, Indian fig cacti, jasmine, oranges, and pomegranate.
Little paths wind among the greenery and lead to the broken, evocative remains of 13th-century cloisters and into a small rectangular building from the 10th century that was once a mosque.
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Palermo tourist office
Piazza Castelnuovo 34
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