Palermo streets.

 If Palermo streets could talk, they would tell us a lot of amazing stories. Stories that we can't either imagine.
So if you're walking in my city, don't be surprised if you notice some plates translated in Italian, Arabic and Hebrew. They are there to underline and remind the multicultural nature of Palermo.

In some quarters, you can still smell the past. It's like time has stopped. It happens when you drop by Vicolo Meschita. Once upon a timet the area was inhabited by Jews when Palermo was dominated by Arabs. It was divided in two districts: Harat-abu-Himaz (Meschita ) and Horat-al-Jahudin (Guzzetta). The word Meschita, derives from arabic: Masjid, which means Mosque.

There are other quarters of the city that deserve a visit. I would like to mention Via Calderai: a street full of workshops whose exhibitions offer a wide choice of objects that let the customer spoilt for choice: cups, lanterns, pots, pans, boilers, fireplaces., All dangling in the entrance of the shops, almost hiding the entry. 


I can't finish the topic of the post without talking about Via dei Lattarini, in which is located also a popular market. The name suggests that the market has arabic origin and that the words  derives  from Suq el Attarine, which means, Market Spices.