Superb and eccentric villa which, already in the eighteenth century, was visited by illustrious travelers, who considered it to be the "most original place in the world and famous throughout Europe". Its construction began in 1715 at the behest of Don Ferdinando Gravina and Crujllas, 5th prince of Palagonia, peer of the kingdom, knight of the Golden Fleece, prestigious honor of the kings of Spain.
The Dominican friar Tommaso Maria Napoli, architect assisting the Senate of Palermo with the qualification of "military engineer", was commissioned to design this holiday residence. As collaborator in the direction of the construction of the villa being built, the name of another great and esteemed Sicilian architect is mentioned: Agatino Daidone.
To these, VII prince of Palagonia, we owe the work, undertaken in 1749, to complete the entire monumental complex of villa Palagonia with the decorations and internal and external furnishings that have made his residence in Bagheria known worldwide as the " Villa dei Mostri ", due to the particular decoration that adorns the external walls of the lower bodies, formed by statues in" Aspra tuff stone ", depicting fantastic animals, anthropomorphic figures, statues of ladies and knights, musicians and various caricatures.
The villa has an extraordinary unitary planimetric design, with all the elements that develop and act coordinated with respect to the center of gravity of the avenue.
Villa Palagonia
Address: Piazza Garibaldi, 3, 90011
Phone: 091 93 20 88
Site:
http://www.villapalagonia.it/Location inserted by
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