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Posted: 13 Feb 2019

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Palermo market

Palermo market

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 John FitzGerald
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What long memories they have in Palermo! The Normans conquered them way back in 1072, and they're still commemorating the longboats.

From the Bayeux tapestry:
brandonwhawk.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/longship-in-bayeux-tapestry.jpg?w=475&h=390
6 years ago.
rdhinmn club has replied to John FitzGerald club
John, the idea I got from the guide was that the Normans were invited (by the Pope?) to go in to save the country from the Moorish rulers. At least, Palermo was part of the Phoenician part of the island, as opposed to the Greeks to the East. Or did I remember all that wrong?
6 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to rdhinmn club
I suspect that as a person of Norman heritage I may have opted for an inappropriately glorious version of history, Bob.
6 years ago.

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