Our city tour guide, Jacqueline Alio, a foremost historian on Palermo and Sicily, has published several books and is explaining to our Rick Steves “Best of Sicily” tour group the Sicilian Baroque style of the Santa Caterina church in Palermo, Sicily. April 17, 2017

Zisa Castle was built in the 12th century by Arab craftsmen as a summer retreat for King William I of Sicily. April 17, 2017

This beautiful relic, encased in a clear container, housed in an upstairs room in the Zisa Palace in Palermo, Sicily, is the tombstone of Anna who died in 1148. Anna was the mother of a priest who wanted her to be remembered so he had her headstone inscribed in four languages: Hebrew, Latin, Greek and Arabic. April 17, 2017

The remains of the exterior fountain in the main hall at the Zisa Palace in Palermo, Sicily, with its distinctive Arabic-style ceiling. The water flowed from the fountain to the exterior of the castle. April 17, 2017

A close up of the exterior fountain mosaic in the main hall at the Zisa Palace in Palermo, Sicily. April 17, 2017

Zisa Castle was built in the 12th century by Arab craftsmen as a summer retreat for King William I of Sicily. April 17, 2017