Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti in Palermo

You're standing at San Giovanni degli Eremiti, in Palermo's old Albergaria quarter. The Norman Palace is just a couple of blocks to the north. Start by looking up at those bright red domes. There are five of them, and they look nothing like the domes of a typical Italian church. A British writer in the nineteenth century found the place so oriental that, in her words, it would fit right in in Baghdad or Damascus.