The Palazzo Jung is a Neoclassical-style palace located on Via Lincoln, in front of the Orto Botanico of Palermo, in the city of

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.

History

The three-story palace was begun in the late 18th century by the family of the newly created Baron of Verbumcaudo. The building was erected on a site cleared during the destruction of the city walls and bastions in the late 18th-century. For part of the late 19th century, it was occupied by the Pensione Tersenghi. In 1921, it was purchased by the Jung, a successful family of Jewish merchants from Switzerland: the three brothers Mario, Guido, and Ugo, who started a company exporting dried fruits, citrus products, and spices. The property suffered damage from the bombardments of World War II. The descendants of the Jung family owned the property until 1958. The property was poorly conserved, when in the late 20th century it was acquired by the provincial government and converted into the ''Istituto Alberghiero di Stato''. The interiors have elegant neoclassical frescoes. The gardens were also rehabilitated. One of the prominent descendants of the Jung brothers was

Guido Jung Guido Jung (2 February 1876 – 25 December 1949) was a successful Jewish-born Italian banker and merchant from Sicily. He was a member of the Grand Council of Fascism and served as Italian Minister of Finance from 1932-35 under Benito Mussoli ...

(1876–1949), an avid member of the fascist party, minister of finance for

Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...

and briefly in the government of Badoglio, and coronel in the Italian army in Ethiopia. Despite having converted to Catholicism in 1935, Guido was dismissed from the army in 1939 due to Italian racial laws.Provincial website
(Citta Metropolitana di Palermo), entry on palace.

References

Palaces in Palermo Neoclassical architecture in Palermo {{Italy-palace-stub