Misilmeri is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily. It is approximately 15 kilometres from Palermo and its name means "the resting place or the messuage of the Emir", and dates from the Muslim emirate of Sicily. The village rose around a castle founded by emir Jafar II. In 1068 the Battle of Misilmeri was fought between the Normans and Arabs Misilmeri is located in the Eleuterio Valley on the southern slopes of Montagna Grande.