Piazza Magione
The Piazza Magione is a square in the historic Kalsa district of Palermo . The square is named after the adjoining church of Santissima Trinità della Magione from 1197.
Location and dates
The square is flanked by the following streets and squares: Via Castrofilippo, Via Francesco Riso, Via dello Spasimo, Piazza St. Euno. Adjacent is the church of Santa Maria dello Spasimo . In the middle is the building of the Santa Maria della Sapienza convent from 1740, which was particularly concerned with the education of poor women. Also adjacent, on Via Castrofillipo, is the Teatro Garibaldi
history
Piazza Magione used to be a residential area that was completely destroyed by bombs during World War II in 1943. From 1960 the houses were removed down to their foundations , which can still be clearly seen. Excavations underneath the houses from the 19th century uncovered Fatimid structures that are associated with the Arab castle Al Halisah, after which the Kalsa district is named.
Giovanni Falcone
Diagonally opposite the Church of Magione, at Via Castrofilippo 1, was the house of the lawyer and mafia opponent Giovanni Falcone , and meetings are still held there today in memory of the attack on May 23, 1992, in which he died Life came. At the place where he lived, a memorial stone reminds of the famous lawyer.
Today the areas between the house walls are overgrown with grass and individual olive trees and are a popular meeting place and recreational area for the Palermitans.
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Coordinates: 38 ° 6 ′ 51.9 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 9.6 ″ E