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Beyond this page dedicated to the most remarkable palaces in Catania, you can also find in the article dedicated to Via Etnea<\/strong><\/a> (Palazzo dell’Universit\u00e0<\/strong>, etc.) other interesting buildings that can be discovered along this street and in the squares it crosses.<\/p>\n

Palazzo Biscari in Catania<\/h2>\n

A few steps east of Piazza Duomo, Palazzo Biscari<\/strong> (Via Museo Biscari, 29), is perhaps the most important monument in the city, in any case the finest example of Baroque architecture in Catania. It is built partly on the 16th-century city walls erected by Charles V.]<\/p>\n

After the 1693 earthquake, it was rebuilt from 1700 by Ignazio III Patern\u00f2 Castello, prince of Biscari (1643-1699), with extensions by his son Vincenzo and especially his grandson Ignazio V (1719-1786), a scholar and archaeologist. The latter also installed there a museum with his important archaeological collection, the “Ignazio V collection”, including archaeological, numismatic and natural history pieces, which was accessible to European scholars, a large part of which is now in the Castello Ursino in Catania.<\/p>\n

The west facade, facing the sea, displays allegorical reliefs sculpted by Antonino Amato, representing Abundance, Prosperity, Fertility and Wisdom, a style influenced by Spain.
\nOne enters the palace through a vast door, leading to the central courtyard with a large double-ramp staircase.
\nInside, one can visit in particular the Ballroom<\/em> and its rococo style embellished with mirrors, frescoes and stuccoes. The small central dome, where the orchestra was installed, is covered with a fresco representing the Glory of the Patern\u00f2 Castello di Biscari family<\/em>, painted by Sebastiano Lo Monaco.
\nAmong the other rooms, marked by rococo decorations and furniture. The sala dei Feudi<\/em> (hall of the fiefs) is decorated with frescoes with scenes of the quarrels of the Biscari family, large canvases representing the feudatories and the lands of the Biscari. The princess’s apartments<\/em> with their woodwork and Roman marbles on the floor that were reused there, installed by Ignazio V for his wife. The bird gallery<\/em> and the Don Quixote room<\/em>.
\nThe palace has two inner courtyards with columns, including a small garden accessible during visits.<\/p>\n

Guided tours are offered by reservation. (www.palazzobiscari.it<\/a>, at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. (groups of 10 max.), duration 1h; price \u20ac12\/adult)<\/p>\n

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