Marletta Palace
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Marletta Palace

6196th century palace Included in the list of listed architectural heritage (DDG 04 of 07/2000/XNUMX)

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A view of Piazza Duomo by Leon du Fourny, operating in Catania at the end of the eighteenth century, shows the original façade as described in the commission for the carvings given to Alonzo di Benedetto in 1694. In fact, in the archive documents, Mastro Alonzo di Benedetto, "Lapidor incisor" of Catania, among the expense notes, declares to have received from Vincenzo Marletta on 6 August 1696 the sum of 52.710 onze for all the work on the arches of the white stone and master shops. The building is of particularly important historical, artistic, cultural and monumental interest, as an example of eighteenth-century architecture, the work of the architect Francesco Battaglia. The building complies with the rules established at the end of the seventeenth century about the height of the buildings after the earthquake of 1693.

The corner elevation between via Merletta and via Vittorio Emanuele represents the focal point of the building, highlighted by the ashlar in white stone, in contrast with the lava stone base, strengthened by the balcony with goose-breasted iron railing, supported by shelves also in white stone with various moldings. The entrance portal on via Merletta n ° 7 has an arched opening surrounded by white stone jambs, flanked laterally by smooth ashlar, and five molded shelves decorated frontally in bas-relief by allegorical figures that support the balcony with an iron railing on the chest goose. The opening above has the jambs in white stone, surmounted by bas-relief decorations. The architect Lo Jacono, former Superintendent, saw successive interventions by Francesco Battaglia on the facade. Some interiors, including the main hall, have stuccoes and decorations from the late 25th and early XNUMXth centuries. Other rooms, especially on the ground floor, used for commercial use, are lofted before the XNUMXs. The building has a partial twentieth-century elevation and internal maintenance interventions and change of use that have not altered the original distribution. The main floor which can be reached from the main staircase is made up of various rooms with vaulted frescoed ceilings. Inside the main floor there are two communication ladders, which lead to the mezzanine rooms for the servants, and make the two wings of the building independent, testifying to the probable use of the noble floor by two families since its origin. The rooms of the noble floor are approximately XNUMX square meters, surmounted by pavilion vaults in reeds and plaster with various decorations, with balconies exposed on Piazza Duomo. The traditional majolica floors are made up of hand-decorated terracotta tiles according to geometric and floral motifs.

Text source: http://www.palazzomarletta.it/la-storia/

Property bound pursuant to Law 490/1999

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FROM n. 6196 of 04.07.01

Card insertion: Ignatius Caloggero

Photo: web

Information contributions: Ignazio Caloggero, Palazzo Marletta website

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