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The Palazzo Forcella de Seta is an eclectic-style aristocratic palace located facing the Mediterranean in the ancient quarter of Kalsa of central
The present palace building was erected on the ruins of the former “casina a mare” of the Bonanno family, Princes of Cattolica. That casino, or summer palace, was heavily damaged by the rebellions of 1820. Purchased by the marchese Enrico Carlo Forcella in 1833, the structure was rebuilt with an added floor. The architects were Emmanuele Palazzotto and Nicolò Puglia. The building has eclectic quotes from a melange of local styles including Romanesque and Moorish, Gothic, and Neoclassical architecture. In the early 20th-century it was acquired by the marchese Francesco De Seta. It now houses the offices of the Associazione di Costruttori Edile ed Affini de Palermo, or ANCE.Fondoambiente
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Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
, region of Sicily, Italy. The palace was built atop the base of the former defensive walls of the city, including the Vega bastion and in its center, an original city gate, Porta dei Greci (1553) through which via Romano Giuseppe runs through. Some refer to the entire structure as the gate. To the seaside, stretches part of the park Foro Italico. In front of the Northeast corner, in front of the seaside facade, is the ''Monument to Vincenzo Florio Sr.
Vincenzo Florio Sr. (Bagnara Calabra, 4 April 1799 – Palermo, 11 September 1868) was an Italian entrepreneur and politician, member of the rich Florio economic dynasty, one of the wealthiest Sicilian families during the late 19th century.
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History
An opening in the walls towards the sea was present here in the 14th-century this area had been populated by a Greeks, and a church was located here titled ''San Nicolò dei Greci'' (also called ''San Nicolò la Carruba''). This church and the gate was replaced in 1553 by orders of the Senate. The gate was briefly called ''Porta d'Africa'' when a metal gate looted from theCapture of Mahdia (1550)
The capture of Mahdia was an amphibious warfare, amphibious military operation that took place from June to September, 1550, during the Ottoman–Habsburg wars#War in the Mediterranean, struggle between the Ottoman Empire and the Spanish Habsbur ...
was installed here by the Viceroy of Sicily, Giovanni de Vega. It is no longer extant. Nor are the bastions once adjacent to this gate.
The present palace building was erected on the ruins of the former “casina a mare” of the Bonanno family, Princes of Cattolica. That casino, or summer palace, was heavily damaged by the rebellions of 1820. Purchased by the marchese Enrico Carlo Forcella in 1833, the structure was rebuilt with an added floor. The architects were Emmanuele Palazzotto and Nicolò Puglia. The building has eclectic quotes from a melange of local styles including Romanesque and Moorish, Gothic, and Neoclassical architecture. In the early 20th-century it was acquired by the marchese Francesco De Seta. It now houses the offices of the Associazione di Costruttori Edile ed Affini de Palermo, or ANCE.entry on palace.
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