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Capo's street market, running the length of Via Sant'Agostino, is a seething mass of col-
ourful activity during the day, with vendors selling fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, cheese
and household goods of every description.
Catacombe dei Cappuccini
( 091 652 41 56; Piazza Cappuccini; adult €3, child under 8yr free; 9am-1pm & 3-6pm) These catacombs
house the mummified bodies and skeletons of some 8000 Palermitans who died between
the 17th and 19th centuries. Earthly power, gender, religion and professional status are
still rigidly distinguished, with men and women occupying separate corridors, and a first-
class section set aside for virgins. From Piazza Independenza, it's a 15-minute walk.
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Vucciria
Museo Archeologico Regionale
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( 091 611 68 05; www.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/salinas ; Piazza Olivella 24; 8.30am-1.30pm & 3-6.30pm
Tue-Fri, 8.30am-1.30pm Sat & Sun) Scheduled to reopen in late 2013 after comprehensive renova-
tions, this splendid, wheelchair-accessible museum displays some of Sicily's most valu-
able Graeco-Roman artefacts. The museum's crown jewel is the series of decorative
friezes from the temples at Selinunte; other treasures include the Hellenistic Ariete di
Bronzo di Siracusa (Bronze Ram of Syracuse) and the world's largest collection of an-
cient anchors.
Oratories
(Tesori della Loggia combined ticket adult/student/child under 6yr €5/4/free; Tesori della Loggia 9am-1pm Mon-
Sat) Vucciria's greatest architectural treasures are its two baroque oratories: Oratorio del
Rosario di Santa Zita MAP GOOGLE MAP (Via Valverde) and Oratorio del Rosario di San Domenico
MAP GOOGLE MAP (Via dei Bambinai 2) , covered top to bottom with the ornate stuccowork
of Giacomo Serpotta (1652-1732). Known collectively as the Tesori della Loggia , they can be
visited on a single ticket, together with a cluster of nearby churches.
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