The Garage Musumeci is an notable building, elaborated in a flamboyant
Liberty style, and built to house both an automobile showroom on the ground floor and above the apartments of the owner, Baron Musemeci. It is located in Piazza Bovio, at the intersection of Via Conte di Torino and Via Francesco Crispi, in the city of
Catania
Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...
, region of
Sicily
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, Italy.
The building was designed by
Francesco Fichera
Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include:
People with the given name Francesco
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, who also designed the
Palazzo delle Poste
A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...
in Catania. The elaborate design was maligned during the Fascist era by
Pietro Maria Bardi
Pietro Maria Bardi (La Spezia, February 21, 1900 – São Paulo, October 10, 1999) was an Italian writer, curator and collector, mostly known for being the Founding Director of the São Paulo Museum of Art in Brazil.
Bardi started his career in ...
and the architects of
MIAR (Movement for Italian Rational Architecture). The facade has a chamfered corner with a large rounded corner balcony. The walls contain colorful gilded mosaics and large face masks.
The ground floor houses a shop selling car parts and accessories.
Sicilian Post
entry on Liberty Style in Catania. The Palazzo Musumeci on Viale XX Settembre #76 was a residential palace built in a sober late-Baroque style.
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Buildings and structures in Catania
Art Nouveau architecture in Italy