ereit is now, this porch was used by the gentry ofPalermo as a belvedere or promenade for enjoyingthe view over the Papyretum, a kind of swampylake full of papyrus reeds and abounding in water-fowl. After passing the little Cistercian church ofSanta Cristina, built by Gualtiero Offamilio, theold… … THE LOGGIA DELL INCORONATA f. 272 MEDIEVAL PALERMO gate of that name, mentioned by Hugh Falcandus,where Majone of Bari was assassinated in 1161.From the Piazza Santa Agata onwards the presentVia del Celso represents the old Shera Cancellaria.A Shera or Xera was a kind of boulevard runningalong the…
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