PALAZZO CONTE FEDERICO IN PALERMO

One of the oldest and prestigious buildings in Palermo. Located between the Biscottari and the Piazza Conte Federico in Punic city walls primitives is a short walk from the Royal Palace, the Palace Chapel and the Cattedrale.
La oldest part of the Palace is an Arab-Norman Tower of the 12th century.
Called "Tower of Coffer" was placed over the walls to protect the city and was even with the door of Busuemi that lie along one of the arms of the sea which then were part of the city.

Today the tower you can see two beautiful mullioned Windows, an authentic Norman and aragonese where we find the coat of arms of the city of Palermo, the Swabians and Aragonese who ruled it.
In the various halls, furnished with original furniture and paintings by famous artists of the time (fine a Madonna del ' 400 Sienese school), you can see the painted ceilings of the fifteenth century, eighteenth-century frescoes of Vito D'Anna and Gaspare Serenario and various collections of weapons and ceramics.
The Palace is still nowadays inhabited by count Alexander Frederick and his family that traces its origins from Frederick of Antioch, one of the sons of the Great Emperor Federico II.

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PALAZZO CONTE FEDERICO IN PALERMO

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