Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
View from Gardens Sala degli Specchi frescoed by Bergler.. Villa Igiea is a neogothic former residence, now a luxury hotel maintaining some of the Art Nouveau (Liberty) refurbishment completed at the dawn of the 20th-century; the hotel sits on a high outcrop overlooking the sea at Porto dell'Acquasanta, located on Salita Belmonte #43 in the quartiere of Pellegrino of the city of Palermo, Siciy ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The structure was commissioned by the scion of the wealthy Florio family, Ignazio Florio Jr, also owners of the hotel refurbished by Basile, Villa Igiea. Construction was pursued between 1899 and 1902. The exterior incorporates architectural element from various traditions, including neogothic turrets. The house has a novel interpretation of ...
Palermo (/ p ə ˈ l ɛər m oʊ,-ˈ l ɜːr-/ pə-LAIR-moh, - LUR-; [3] Italian: ⓘ; Sicilian: Palermu, locally also Paliemmu [paˈljɛmmʊ] or Palèimmu) [4] [a] is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is ...
In Palermo he painted frescoes for the Villa Malfitano Whitaker, and for the Massimo theater between 1899 and 1900. In 1908 he frescoed Liberty-style floral themes for the Grand Hotel Villa Igiea. From 1913 to 1931 he taught figurative painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo. Among his pupils was Michele Dixitdomino. [1] Frescoes for ...
Franca Florio, regina di Palermo is the title of a full-length narrative ballet in two acts, with music by Lorenzo Ferrero and scenario, choreography and staging by Luciano Cannito. A commission by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the work premiered there on 22 November 2007 with Carla Fracci in the title role, and was restaged in June 2010.
Sicilian cuisine is the style of cooking on the island of Sicily. It shows traces of all cultures that have existed on the island of Sicily over the last two millennia. [ 2 ] Although its cuisine has much in common with Italian cuisine , Sicilian food also has Greek , Spanish , Jewish , Maghrebi , and Arab influences.
Ignazio Florio Jr. (1 September 1869 in Palermo – 19 September 1957 in Palermo) was an Italian entrepreneur, heir of the rich Florio economic dynasty, one of the wealthiest Italian families during the late 19th century.