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  • A Piazza in Scicli

    The Piazza Busacca in Scicli was named for one of the Baroque town’s benefactors, Pietro di Lorenzo Busacca, who lived in the 19th century.

  • Baroque Dancing

    More fantastic statues from Bagheria’s Villa Palagonia. I love the one at the top of the arch. He looks like he’s dancing the tarantella! (Photo Credit: Experience Sicily’s Filippo Buttitta). On Friday, April 1 at 7:30PM, in Teaneck, NJ, USA at Classic Quiche Cafe, my music ensemble Villa Palagonia will be sharing a Sicily-inspired evening…

  • Villa Palagonia Inspires Rhythms & Roots

    Villa Palagonia is a Baroque villa located in Bagheria, a town in Sicily, Italy near Palermo. The villa was built to be the country home of the fifth Prince of Palagonia, a baron under the realm of the King of Spain. In 1749, Ferdinando Gravina, the seventh Prince of Palagonia, commissioned over 600 statues of…

  • More from Bagheria’s Villa Palagonia

    Statue of shepherd on the outer wall of the estate of Villa Palagonia in Bagheria

  • A Baroque Temple to Higher Learning

    Late baroque architecture graces the city of Catania’s via Etnea and Piazza Università, where this university building holds court at dusk.

  • Persian Drummer at Villa Palagonia

    On the left is a print from Bonanni’s 18th-Century “Gabinetto Armonico,” a series of plates documenting antique musical instruments and their players. On the right is an 18th century statue from Bagheria’s Villa Palagonia that was created based on Bonanni’s plate Number 118. It’s a musician with tamburro Persiano or barrel drum from Persia that…

  • The Green Man in Scicli

    Baroque face on balcony support, Scicli.

  • Can’t Take My Eyes Off of It

    This is one corner of the mind-blowing baroque church, Monumentale Chiesa Dell’Immacolata Concezione, constructed in 1612 in Palermo. … Wait, let me explain better: that’s not painted. The designs are inlaid marble of all different colors!

  • Baroque in Scicli

    Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “The Late Baroque Towns of Val di Noto,” the town of Scicli boasts breathtaking Baroque architecture from the 17th century.