Description
Piazza Castelnuovo is the big open space in front of the Teatro Politeama, in Palermo's 19th-century center, where Via della Libertà ends and Via Ruggero Settimo begins. Together with nearby Piazza Ruggero Settimo it forms what everyone calls Piazza Politeama: the city's meeting point and showcase.
In the middle stands the Palchetto della Musica, a round bandstand in neoclassical Pompeian style built between 1873 and 1875 by Salvatore Valenti and Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda for band concerts: Corinthian columns, a dome and colorful decoration on a base of Billiemi stone.
The name comes from Carlo Cottone, Prince of Castelnuovo, whose statue is by Domenico Costantino. Palms and great ficus trees recall the 19th-century fashion for the garden city. In 2001 the square was largely pedestrianized, with 2,000 tiny lights set into the pavement.
In the middle stands the Palchetto della Musica, a round bandstand in neoclassical Pompeian style built between 1873 and 1875 by Salvatore Valenti and Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda for band concerts: Corinthian columns, a dome and colorful decoration on a base of Billiemi stone.
The name comes from Carlo Cottone, Prince of Castelnuovo, whose statue is by Domenico Costantino. Palms and great ficus trees recall the 19th-century fashion for the garden city. In 2001 the square was largely pedestrianized, with 2,000 tiny lights set into the pavement.