{"id":62827,"date":"2022-05-04T11:13:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T09:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/zisa-castle-in-palermo\/"},"modified":"2022-05-04T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:14:09","slug":"zisa-castle-in-palermo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/zisa-castle-in-palermo\/","title":{"rendered":"Zisa Castle in Palermo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coopculture.it\/it\/poi\/castello-della-zisa\/\">the Zisa<\/a> has undergone restorations and renovations that have not always been beneficial, and it has only recently been returned to public use \u2013 as far as possible while maintaining its integrity. The castle has in fact been transformed into a <em>museum of Islam<\/em> and features interesting testimonies of the Arab world in Sicily. In addition, since efforts were to respect the original structure of the building as much as possible made during the restoration, the visit inside it allows you to learn what the architecture of the medieval Islamic palaces was like. Of particular interest is the system for providing ventilation and cooling for the rooms, and the so-called <strong>Sala della Fontana <\/strong> is especially fascinating thanks to its mosaics.<\/p>\n<p> Now let&#8217;s set out to discover the other <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/itinerario\/castelli-occidentali-tra-palermo-e-trapani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">castles<\/a> of this fascinating corner of Sicily!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, the Zisa has undergone restorations and renovations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":53593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1918,1917,1936],"tags":[],"luogo":[1859],"stagione":[1877,1875],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zisa Castle in Palermo - 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