During the period of Muslim domination of the island, from the ninth to the eleventh century, Palermo was a rich and prosperous capital, with over 350 thousand inhabitants. The city was the third most important throughout the Mediterranean, after the great Cordoba, belonging to the [approfondimenti ...

The Normans, a Viking population from Normandy, landed in Messina in 1061 and conquered Palermo in 1071 under the leadership of two great leaders of the Altavilla family: [approfondimenti id="47962" testo_link="Robert Guiscard"] and his brother the [approfondimenti id="47964" testo_link="Great Count...