Palazzo Alliata di Pietratagliata
The Palazzo Alliata di Pietratagliata , formerly Deadlines-Pietratagliata, is a palace in the Catalan Gothic style in Palermo .
Building history
Probably with the beginning of the Aragonese rule in Sicily , the Catalan family dates settled in Sicily and over time rose to become one of the most influential families in Sicily. They were raised to barons of Birribaida in 1509 , to princes of Casteltermine in 1629 and princes of Baucina in 1769 and to counts of Montemaggiore . In the 19th century the property passed to the Licata family through marriage. The palazzo recently returned to the hands of the previous owners when the last representative of the Alliata di Pietratagliata family married the current Prince Baucina.
Building description
The outer
In the middle of an old merchants' quarter on Via Bandiera, Antonio Schedules had this palace built towards the end of the 15th or the first half of the 16th century in the Catalan Gothic style. The building consists of a compact block of ashlar. Due to the numerous revisions, the building has been significantly changed both outside and inside. Ledges originally divided the facade and the windows were rebuilt in a neo-Gothic style at the beginning of the 20th century . The high tower, reinforced with dovetail battlements, is striking and towers above the facade of Via Bandiera.
The inner
As early as 1748, the Palazzo was sold to Giovan Battista Marassi, who made the first serious changes to the building. So he had the interior redesigned in the late baroque style. In 1762 Vito D'Anna was commissioned to decorate the palace with frescoes . The Triumph of the Prince Surrounded by Virtues was created on the ceiling of the ballroom and a little later, with the help of Vito's son Alessandro (* 1746) and brother-in-law Francesco Sozzi (1732–1795), the ceiling painting Allegory of Wisdom in the dining room. In 1828, extensive repairs were required to repair damage caused by an earthquake in 1823 carried out by the architect Nicolò Puglia. The last time the palace was redesigned in the neo-Gothic style by the architect Francesco Paolo Mansion (1849–1915) in the first quarter of the 20th century.
literature
- Angeli Zalapi and Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi: Palaces in Sicily . Könemann Verlag, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-8290-2117-8 .
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Coordinates: 38 ° 7 ′ 6.2 ″ N , 13 ° 21 ′ 43.8 ″ E