A jewel covered with stucco and frescos of the 18th century in front of the Cathedral. The building dates back to 1615 and was completed in 1767. The building before they could hold the President of Justice Joseph Asmund Paternà, Marquess di Sessa, had belonged to the family Joppolo of the principles of St. Elijah.
The Palace (reminds us of the tombstone placed therein) accepted Maria Cristina, daughter of Ferdinand III of Sicily, a refugee from Naples with her husband Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa and Sardinia. Another plaque, placed on the main façade testifies that this building, born in 1821 and 1822, Anna Turrisi Colonna and his sister Josephine, painter and art critic the first, the second poet.
Lâ building with its mortars, stuccos of Venetian School of serpotta, the shutters and doors, Baroque frescoes with allegories of Gioacchino Martorana, lâ century alcove with its putti, its branches and the doves that weave the nursery d? â love, represents a casket dâ art making it even more valuable collections.
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The Palace (reminds us of the tombstone placed therein) accepted Maria Cristina, daughter of Ferdinand III of Sicily, a refugee from Naples with her husband Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa and Sardinia. Another plaque, placed on the main façade testifies that this building, born in 1821 and 1822, Anna Turrisi Colonna and his sister Josephine, painter and art critic the first, the second poet.
Lâ building with its mortars, stuccos of Venetian School of serpotta, the shutters and doors, Baroque frescoes with allegories of Gioacchino Martorana, lâ century alcove with its putti, its branches and the doves that weave the nursery d? â love, represents a casket dâ art making it even more valuable collections.
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