Catania - Palazzo Biscari

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Palazzo Biscari Description

Behind the Porta Uzeda in Catania, to the left in the Via Dusmet, are the Archbishop's Palace and the Palazzo Biscari, which the family of Paternó Castello, Princes of Biscari, ordered to be built in several stages between 1707 and 1763 by A. Amato. On the facade it is the opulent window- frames in the upper story which catch the eye. Ignazio Biscari, the grandson of the man who had originally commissioned the palace, extended it in order to create space for his extensive art collections. Goethe was just one person to visit "the museum, where pictures, vases and all kinds of similar antiquities in marble and metal are assembled" and to whom Prince Vincenzo, the son of the collector, "showed his coin collection as a special favor". This

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Hobbies & Activities category: Castle, chateau, palace; Christian sites