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            Palazzo Biscari in Catania is a baroque jewel, one of the most beautiful in Sicily.

Founded on the sixteenth-century walls of the city, it has fascinated many visitors time after time.

Goethe also stopped here.
      
The first construction works date back to 1702, following the terrible earthquake of 1693.

Ignazio Paternò Castello, fifth prince of Biscari, continued his father Vincenzo's project and enlarged it, buying the adjacent land. His goal was to create a house in order and harmony, which would inspire respect and awe.
      
Palazzo Biscari has about seven hundred rooms. For centuries, every traveler who arrived in the city, before passing through the Porta Saracena in via Etnea, had to deal with its bulk, embellished with portals and cherubs in limestone (white stone of Syracuse), clear on the ebony-colored walls.

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Palazzo Biscari di Catania è un gioiello barocco, tra i piu’ belli della Sicilia .
Fondato sulle mura cinquecentesche della città, ha affascinato epoca dopo epoca tanti visitatori.
Anche Goethe si fermò qui.
      
I primi lavori di costruzione risalgono al 1702, a seguito del tremendo terremoto del 1693. 
Ignazio Paternò Castello, quinto principe di Biscari, continuò il progetto del padre Vincenzo e lo allargò, comprando i terreni attigui. Il suo obiettivo era di realizzare una casa in ordine e armonia, che incutesse rispetto e soggezione. 

 Palazzo Biscari conta circa settecento stanze. Per secoli, ogni viaggiatore che arrivava in città, prima di passare dalla porta Saracena di via Etnea, doveva fare i conti con la sua mole, impreziosita da portali e putti in pietra calcarea (pietra bianca di Siracusa), netti sui muri color ebano.

Taken in: Italy / Sicily / Catania / diocese of Catania (show map)

Taken on: October 17, 2021

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Camera: Nikon D3300, f/2.8, 1/80 sec, 17mm (=25mm), ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

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