Palazzo Abatellis

Palazzo Abatellis (Galleria Nazionale della Sicilia)

The late 15th century Palazzo Abatellis is one of the best preserved Gothic-Catalan edifices in Western Sicily. The building went to the Domenican nuns in 1526. Having reported majors damages during the second world war, the Palazzo was restored in the 1950s and converted into a museum by the famous Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa. It houses the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, with its important works of sculptures and paintings from the Middle Ages to the late Baroque period. The collection includes significant works by the Renaissance artists Antonello da Messina, Domenico Gagini, and Franscesco Laurana, and by the Baroque painters Antoine Van Dyck, Giuseppe de Ribera, Battistello Caracciolo, and Pietro Novelli. The dominant piece of the museum, however, is the impressive and overwhelming fresco of the Triumph of the Death, whose authorship remains uncertain.

: F. Gaggini, Portrait of a Young Boy, ca 1510

: F. Laurana, Portrait of Eleonore of Aragone, ca 1498

: B. Caracciolo, Sleeping Cupid, ca 1620

Rates:*

Number of participants	Prices per participant in euros
5-10	40.00
4	50.00
3	60.00
2	80.00
1	160.00

*Tickets are not included in the above rates, and will need to be purchased on the spot ( € 6.00 for adults)

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