Piazza Pretoria, located to the east of Piazza Villena, - is one of the main squares of Palermo, made in the style of a luxurious Sicilian Baroque .  Its main attraction is undoubtedly the monumental Mannerist fountain, built in the mid 16th century Florentine sculptor Francesco Kamilyani .  Originally the fountain graced Palazzo di San Clemente - Tuscan residence of Pedro Toledo, Viceroy of Naples and Sicily, and after his death, was sold to the heirs of the municipality of the city of Palermo .  In 1574, the fountain was dismantled for parts 644 and moved to Sicily, where they gathered under the personal supervision of his son Francesco Kamilyani - Camillo .  To install it in Piazza Pretoria were demolished several residential buildings, and to the very fountain added a few new elements that it fits the architectural ensemble of the square .  Is a composition of several pools of different sizes with statues of naked mythological characters, animals and monsters fountain immediately caused a wave of anger among the pious inhabitants of Palermo .  Because of this, people in the area called Piazza di Vergon - Area Shame .  However, today, the fountain - a popular tourist site, to see which receives thousands of visitors . 

Other significant buildings Piazza Pretoria - baroque church of Santa Catarina late 16th century Palazzo Bonokore Palazzo Bordonaro and Palazzo Pretoria, after whom the area is named. The palace was built in the 14th century and rebuilt in the 17th century in the then dominant throughout the Baroque style. Once it was the residence of the Senate of Palermo, went from the second name of the palace - Palazzo Senators. And here is the 19th century city hall. The staircase on one side of the square leads to the Via Maqueda.