Palazzo Della Città, Acireale
The Palazzo della Città is a late-Baroque architecture, Baroque-style palace, built as the mayor's offices, is located on piazza Duomo, across from the Acireale Cathedral, in the city of Acireale, region of Sicily, Italy. Construction of a city hall (''Loggia Giuratoria'') at the site begun in the late 17th-century only to collapse during the 1693 Sicily earthquake. A new design was made by Costantino Larcidiacono, but construction was delayed by lack of funding, and further damage from earthquakes in 1783 and 1818. It was refurbished and completed only in the late 20th-century. The palace retains the original late-baroque facade and sculptural portal. The facade has rusticated pilasters and the portal is surmounted by an elegant balcony supported by gargoyle like masks. The ceiling of the main council room was frescoed in 1942 by Primo Panciroli with an allegorical depiction of ''Italy''. In the ground floor, since 1833, are the main offices for the ''Accademia di Scienze, Le ...
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Acireale (; scn, Jaciriali, locally shortened to ''Jaci'' or ''Aci'') is a coastal city and ''comune'' in the north-east of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy, at the foot of Mount Etna, on the coast facing the Ionian Sea. It is home to numerous churches, including the Gothic revival, Neo-Gothic St. Pietro's Basilica, St. Sebastiano's Basilica in the Sicilian Baroque style, and the 17th century Acireale Cathedral, and a Seminary of Acireale, seminary, for the training of priests. Acireale is also noted for its art and paintings: the oldest academy in Sicily, the "Accademia dei Dafnici e degli Zelanti", is located here. History According to tradition, the city's origins trace back to Xiphonia, a mysterious Greater Greece, Greek city whose location is unknown. In Roman times, there existed another Greek town, Akis, which was involved in the Punic Wars. In Ovid's Metamorphoses (poem), Metamorphoses, there is a great love between Acis and Galatea (mythology), ...
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