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Art & Architecture
Centuries of foreign domination have left Sicily with a lavish artistic and architectural
legacy. Ancient Greek temples litter the long southern coast while blazing mosaics ad-
orn Roman villas and Byzantine churches, and forbidding Norman castles guard re-
mote hilltop towns. Arriving later, Sicily's baroque maestros took the style to new,
mind-bending heights.
TOP ART GALLERIES
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Galleria Regionale della Sicilia (
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)
- home to works dating from the Middle Ages to the 18th century.
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Galleria d'Arte Moderna (
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) - Sicilian paintings and sculptures from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Museo Regionale (
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) - paintings by Caravaggio and home-town boy Antonello da Messina.
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Museo Regionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Sicilia (Riso) (
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) - a new contemporary art
museum hosting temporary exhibitions.
