The ''Castello Utveggio'' is a monumental palace built 1928–1933 at a promontory of

Mount Pellegrino Mount Pellegrino is a hill facing east on the bay of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, located north of the city. It is 606 metres (1,970 ft) high with panorama views of the city, its surrounding mountains and the Tyrrhenian Sea. In his b ...

overlooking Palermo, Sicily. The castle was built in a Neogothic architecture Neogothic-style resembling a castle with meliorated rooflines.

History

Construction of the castle or palace was commissioned by the Cavaliere Michele Utveggio, and designed by Giovanni Battista Santangelo. Viewed as a fancy, or folly building, the residence soon became a luxury hotel by the name of the Grand Hotel Utveggio, but it was closed during the Second World War. In 1984, the regional government bought and refurbished the structure to install a business management school under the direction of ''Cerisdi'', the ''centro ricerche e studi direzionali''. This closed in 2016.Italianways website
article titled ''The Utveggio Castle, the pink "madness" overlooking Palermo''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Utveggio Palaces in Palermo Palazzo Utveggio