6. UNDERGROUND PALERMO
There’s a hidden city underneath the surface, an underground maze made of alleyways and galleries where the water canals used to flow. Exploring this side of Palermo one can still see the traces from the time when these galleries, called qanat , where built in accordance to Middle Eastern hydraulic knowledge, the wells supplying water to citizens and the countryside alike. Palermo’s Moors knew how to “read the ground” in order to trace aquifers, excavate galleries for the waters to flow and how to create a veritable pipeline connecting even those places at the opposite ends of the city. Continue reading clicking the below button Next >