Favara Palace - Maredolce Castle

The Maredolce Castle or Palazzo della Favara is an Islamic-style building in Palermo, whose architecture does not seem to show Norman influences; it dates back to the 12th century, and was located inside the Fawwara ("bubbling spring" in Arabic), the Favara park, in the Brancaccio district.

The palace, improperly called "castle", was built in 1071, and was part of a "qasr", that is a fortified citadel located at the foot of Mount Grifone, probably enclosed within a wall, which in addition to the palace included a hammam and a fish pond. The building was one of the residences of the Norman king Roger II, who according to the first textual reference on the existence of the building, the Chronicon sive Annales by Romualdo Salernitano would have adapted a pre-existing palace to his purposes, which belonged to the kalbite emir Jaʿfar in the 10th century during the most prosperous phase of the Emirate of Sicily.

Map: Favara Palace - Maredolce Castle

vCard Info:

Address: Vicolo del Castellaccio, 21/23, 90123
Palermo (PA) Sicilia
Latitude: 38.092379421442615
Longitude: 13.387221693992615
Site: https://www.palermoviva.it/il-...

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Type: Palace
Function: Castle
Creation date: 11-02-2020 05:50
Last update: 19/07/2022