The Garage Musumeci is a notable building, elaborated in a flamboyant

Liberty style Liberty style ( ) was the Italian variant of Art Nouveau, which flourished between about 1890 and 1914. It was also sometimes known as ("floral style"), ("new art"), or ("modern style" not to be confused with the Spanish variant of Art Nouveau ...

, 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 on Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the center of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, wh ...

, region of

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, Italy. The building was designed by Francesco Fichera, who also designed the

Palazzo delle Poste Palazzo delle Poste may refer to the following buildings: * Palazzo delle Poste, Catania * Palazzo delle Poste, Grosseto *Palazzo delle Poste, Naples The ''Palazzo delle Poste'' (Italian: "Post Office Palace") is located in Piazza Matteott ...

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 1, 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 ...

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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