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Visit Villa Palagonia, one of the most famous monuments in Sicily. Explore the villa's main floor, chapel, billiard room, and garden

Highlights

• Visit Villa Palagonia, one of the most famous monuments in Sicily
• Explore the villa's eccentric architecture and unique decoration
• See the villa's main floor, chapel, billiard room, and private apartments
• Admire the villa's main floor, which is adorned with fine marble and glass
• Learn about the villa's history and the families who have owned it

Description

Explore Villa Palagonia, a Baroque villa in Bagheria, Sicily. Admire the villa's unique architecture and learn about its history. Visit Villa Palagonia, one of the best-known and most-visited monuments in Sicily. Admire the villa's unique architecture and learn about its history. Explore the villa's construction, which began in 1715 at the behest of Don Ferdinando Gravina and Crujllas, 4th prince of Palagonia. The villa was designed by the Dominican friar Tommaso Maria Napoli, who was commissioned to design this holiday residence. See the villa's lower bodies that surround the villa, which were constructed in 1737. The villa was completed in 1749 by Francesco Ferdinando Gravina and Alliata, VI, Prince of Palagonia. Admire the villa's extraordinary unitary planimetric design, with all the elements that develop and act in coordination with the barycentric axis of the avenue. See the villa's double flight staircase, under the magnificent princely coat of arms of the Gravina family. Access the main floor by an elliptical vestibule frescoed with scenes depicting the labors of Hercules, in homage to the new taste of the late eighteenth century, by Salvatore Gravina, successor of his half-brother Francesco Ferdinando II. To his right, see the 'Gallery or Hall of Mirrors,' with the ceiling entirely covered with mirrors, with paintings depicting a balustrade with the sky above and fantastic birds. The walls of this large room are adorned with fine marble, with colored glass and marble high-reliefs representing the founder of the villa and the grandson who commissioned the 'monsters' with their respective wives, ancestors of the Gravina house and illustrious personalities of the ruling houses of Europe. On the floor, see an accurate drawing in polychrome marble of the Sicilian eighteenth century. From this large hall, enter the chapel room and, in front of it, cross the 'Hall of Mirrors' to reach the billiard room. From the oval entrance hall, reach the private apartments of the villa, which can now be visited only with guided tours, which consist of a series of posed rooms in 'enfilade.'

Includes

Admission to Villa Palagonia

Important Information

• Villa Palagonia is open every day. Reservations are required for weekends and holidays. Last admission is half an hour before closing. From November 1st to March 30th, open from 9.00 AM to 1:00 PM and from 3:30 PM to 5:30 pm From April 1st to October 31st, open from 9.00 AM to 1:00 PM and from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM

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