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Villa Boscogrande is an 18th-century noble villa located in Cardillo, a suburb of Palermo. It stands in the so-called "Piana dei Colli", a vast area bordered by Monte Pellegrino, Monte Billiemi and Monte Gallo, where the families of the...
Villa Sperlinga is a public garden. Originally, Villa Sperlinga was owned by Giovanni Stefano Oneto, Duke of Sperlinga, and belonged to the family for a long time until, in 1835, the Palermo Senate, which became the new owner, used it as a new...
The Music Stand is a 19th-century monument in Palermo located in Piazza Castelnuovo. The building was erected in 1875 by the Florio family to prevent the square from being used for residential construction, as the family owned a villa on the same...
This is a terrace, built in the 19th century, located between Porta Felice and Piazza Kalsa. The term “Cattive” derives from the Latin “Captivae”, meaning “prisoners”, used to identify widows (in Sicilian, widow is also called 'cattiva'), who...
The Florio Stand is a building constructed by the Florio family, designed by Ernesto Basile in 1905 on the southern coastline of Palermo.The building was only partially realized, as the original project included a large Kursaal on the...
The Tonnara Bordonaro or Tonnara Vergine Maria is a tuna trap located in the Vergine Maria district of Palermo. It was built in the 14th century, almost simultaneously with the Tonnara Florio, situated a short distance away.The Tonnara...
Palazzo Molinelli di Santa Rosalia is a sixteenth-century palace designated as the Academy's headquarters in 1886. Initially intended to become a hospital, the charitable association overseeing its construction realized the costs had become...
Built in the last years of the 15th century, it became the seat of the Inquisition Tribunal in the 16th century, and in 1568 it passed to the Jesuits of the nearby Casa Professa. In 1731, the bell tower of the adjacent Gesù Church was...
In the complex of Sant'Anna alla Misericordia, one can still distinguish the architectural features of a 15th-century private residence and a 17th-century convent.The palace was built around 1480 by the Catalan merchant Gaspare Bonet and...
Once belonging to the Galletti and La Grua, princes of Fiumesalato, the palace dates back to the 16th century, but was restored in a hybrid neo-Gothic style in 1866 by the architect Tommaso Di Chiara, who lavished on it the entire repertoire of...
