Palazzo Biscari

Museum · Catania

"Palazzo Biscari is a private 600-room palace in Catania, adorned with a lava-rock-and-limestone facade featuring smirking cherubs and hollow-eyed caryatids. Ruggero Moncada, a descendant of the original owners, lives in one wing of the palazzo and gives tours by appointment. The grand ballroom was used as a make-shift tennis court by British soldiers during World War II."

In Mount Etna's Shadow, Catania Is Raw, Authentic Italy

Via Museo Biscari, 10, 95131 Catania CT, Italy Get directions

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