Villa Comitini-Trabia
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The Villa Comitini-Trabia , or just Villa Trabia, is a late baroque palace in Bagheria in Sicily .
The villa is one of the largest palaces in Bagheria. It was built on behalf of Michele Gravina , Principe di Comitini, based on a design and under the construction management of Nicolò Palma from 1759 in the late Baroque style. After Principe Pietro Lanza di Trabia acquired the villa, it was rebuilt in 1890 in neoclassical style by the architect Teodoro Giganti from Trapani . The villa currently belongs to the Moncada family .
Today the building gives a typical neoclassical impression with its recessed entrance area, the pilaster strips and the simple segment and triangular gables that stand out against the dark brickwork. Only two allegorical sculptures and the stone vases on the upper cornice still refer to the originally Baroque building. In front of the main portal is a marble fountain figure created by Ignazio Marabitti . The stucco decoration and the frescoes in the ballrooms created Elia Interguglielmi 1796 to 1797.
literature
- Angheli Zalapi and Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi: Palaces in Sicily . Könemann, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-8290-2117-8 .
- Erik Henry Neil: Architecture in context. The Villas of Bagheria, Sicily. Dissertation Harvard University, 1995.
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Coordinates: 38 ° 4 ′ 35.8 " N , 13 ° 30 ′ 40.6" E