Tag: baroque
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A Hillside in Scicli
The “Late Sicilian Baroque” town of Scicli was rebuilt into the hillsides after the devastating 1693 earthquake.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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More from Bagheria’s Villa Palagonia
Statue of shepherd on the outer wall of the estate of Villa Palagonia in Bagheria
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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…
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The Green Man in Scicli
Baroque face on balcony support, Scicli.
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La Vecchia: Winter at Quattro Canti
In Palermo’s historic center two major thoroughfares intersect: Corso Vittorio Emanuele and Via Maqueda. This busy intersection, known as Quattro Canti, is flanked by four 18th century Baroque facades, each with a series of statues: The the city’s former patron saints (prior to Santa Rosalia) at the top, a Spanish king of Sicily (in the…
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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!