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Piazza Pretoria
View of the square from Santa Caterina
LocationPalermo, Sicily, Italy
Coordinates38°06′56″N 13°21′43″E / 38.11556°N 13.36194°E / 38.11556; 13.36194

Piazza Pretoria is at the limits of the district of Kalsa, near the corner of Cassaro with Via Maqueda, just a few meters from the Quattro Canti, the intersection where all the four ancient quarters intersect, in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.

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