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Villa Palagonia: Long with Fascination
Villa Palagonia’s main driveway is now lined with residences and businesses. But in the 18th and 19th centuries, the long approach was lined with hundreds of statues–now dubbed monsters–that fascinated and frightened visitors.
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Villa Palagonia’s Hall of Mirrors
Villa Palagonia’s Hall of Mirrors (The ceiling is covered in mirrors, hard to see here because they are very old and most don’t reflect much any longer.) was meant to make you feel a bit uncomfortable. The Prince’s idea when he built it in the 18th century was to show his guests that life was…
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Villa Palagonia’s Strange Beautiful
Statue, Villa Palagonia, Bagheria: Half-man-half-animal playing some kind of flute. 18th century Baroque.