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In the neighborhood of the Lattarini, which took its name from the Arabic suk-el-attarin (spice market) in the Kalsa district, where there were numerous inns that welcomed and hosted travelers from the provinces. RLD, 383.

Nearby in the Lattarini

Piazza della Fieravecchia

Triangular piazza. After 1860, called Piazza Rivoluzione. AC, 76.

The small church of the maestranze sarti (tailors) in Vicolo San Carlo. Demolished in the nineteenth century, its memory is preserved in the name of the San Bonomo courtyard, where it once stood. RLD, 383.

Congregazione di San Bonomo

At the beginning of the sixteenth century, numerous confraternities and societies became widespread in Palermo, associations made up mainly of the laic faithful, who gathered in small churches and oratories, with spiritual and charitable goals governed by a superiore. The oratories experienced a great expansion between the end of the seventeenth century and the eighteenth century, becoming in many cases, true treasure chests of art. The oratory was typically preceded by an ante-oratory with two entrance doors to the hall; the superior’s table was placed between the two doors. AC, 76. 

Father Superior