Palazzo Gangi-Valguarnera
The Palazzo Gangi-Valguarnera is a palace in Palermo . It is located in Piazza Croce dei Vespri in the historic Kalsa district, near the Galleria d'Arte Moderna .
The palace was built in the 18th century in the Baroque style, the interior is kept in the Rococo style. The back was renewed in 1913 by Ernesto Basile . The stairwell has an idiosyncratic structure: two separate staircases each lead around a square shaft to the upper floor.
There are a number of splendid halls upstairs. The ballroom has a stucco ceiling and frescoes by Elia Interguglielmi . The ceiling of the Hall of Mirrors is frescoed by Gaspare Serenario . The halls on the upper floor served Luchino Visconti as a backdrop for the ball scene in his film The Leopard .
literature
- Brigit Carnabuci: Sicily. Greek temples, Roman villas, Norman cathedrals and baroque cities in the center of the Mediterranean (= DuMont art travel guide ). 6th, updated edition. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7701-4385-6 .
Coordinates: 38 ° 6 '54.3 " N , 13 ° 21' 57.6" E