Palazzo Biscari

The highly decorative interiors are open for guided tours, and used for social and cultural events.

[1] The oldest section was built under Ignazio, the third prince of Biscari, who commissioned the design from the architect Alonzo Di Benedetto.

Ignazio's son, Vincenzo, commissioned the elaborate decoration of the seven large second-storey windows facing the seaside, on the southwest corner of the palace on Via Cardinale Dusmet, by the Messinese sculptor Antonino Amato.

The large octagonal ballroom has a complex decoration of mirrors, stuccoes and frescos painted by Matteo Desiderato and Sebastiano Lo Monaco.

The dome fresco is meant to depict the glory of the Paternò Castello di Biscari family.