Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Blonde From Nadine Jansen

Bagheria and Capo D'Orlando


BAGHERIA VILLA Cutò '









CAPO D'ORLANDO VILLA SMALL Calanovella



















and Bagheria







Villa Cutò Bagheria
Cutò Villa was built around 1700 probably by Prince Baldassare hake, the first 800 was purchased by the principles of family Filangeri Cutò and then was sent to testamentary disposition, the family pocket Cutò.
Palace Cutò 'Bagheria
Cutò Palace has an entrance from the ancient Via Console and is located near the train station, not far from Villa San Cataldo. The palace was built by the Prince of Cutò in the first half of the eighteenth century. Showy decorations and red marble. Its immense size square is topped by a large covered terrace, from which the prince enjoyed a beautiful view and used to attend with friends of the nobility Palermo fireworks the "party" of S. Rosalia of Palermo, which were prepared in the beautiful bay of Conca d'Oro. The building belonged to Prince Alexander Cutò pocket and his sister, the Duchess of Palma. Donna Giulia Trigona di S. Elijah spent the best years of his youth. Currently Cutò Palace houses the public library, while on the premises of the first floor is home to the Toy Museum.







Small Villa in Capo d'Orlando : It 's located in Piano Ports of Capo d'Orlando, and stands on a hill overlooking the plain and in the distance, the Aeolian Islands. The building was originally the summer residence of the barons Small, which since 1932 have moved steadily from Palermo. The nobility of the barons of Small Calanovella back to the times of the Crusades, were later intermarried with Filangeri, with one of the Viceroy of Sicily and the principles of Lampedusa. Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (author of the celebrated novel The Leopard) was the cousin of Lucio Piccolo, a poet of national reputation.
Immersed in a natural park which is expressed in all care and preservation of Mediterranean flora, the villa now houses the Piccolo Piccolo Calanovella Family Foundation, founded by the bequest of Baron Casimir Small Calanovella Agata and her sister Joan. The foundation was recognized as a legal entity by Presidential Decree No. 201, March 27, 1972.
In 1978, to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Lucio Piccolo, was inaugurated the Museum. Among these are two-thirds of movable property, and the precious family heirlooms. We have collected the testimonies of the multifaceted activities of the three little brothers (Lucius, Casimir and Agata Giovanna), ie collections of art objects, paintings, ceramics, antique weapons, books, prints, documents. E 'possible to admire the botanical collection of Agata Giovanna, watercolors and photographs by Casimir, letters written by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Small family life, reserved yet linked to artistic activity and the poetics of time, fair, constructive, profound, Sicilian of the three brothers shows in every exhibit.







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