Palazzo Lantieri, Siracusa
| Palazzo Lantieri | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Palace |
| Architectural style | Baroque |
| Location | Via Roma corner Via Capodieci, Ortigia, Siracusa, Sicily, Italy |
| Coordinates | 37°03′28″N 15°17′42″E / 37.05790°N 15.29501°E |
Palazzo Lantiere is a palace, with a main facade on Via Roma #152-158, in the island of Ortigia in Siracusa, region of Sicily, Italy. A few houses east of Palazzo Bellomo on Via Roma, it presently serves as bed and breakfast.
Description
[edit]The two story palace putatively is named after a Genoese merchant family settling in medieval Siracusa. It has been rebuilt many times over the centuries, and has served in prior centuries as a hospital. The palace has sculpted brackets supporting the balconies on Via Roma. A small portion and corner of the palace on Via Capodieci is decorated with 16th-century grotesque masks and fanciful decorations.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Antonio Randazzo website, entry on palace.
- ^ Sicily, the New Winter Resort: An Encyclopaedia of Sicily, by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen; 1907, page 597.