Palazzo Comitini, Baroque palace in Albergheria district, Palermo, Italy.
Palazzo Comitini is an 18th-century baroque palace on Via Maqueda in the center of Palermo. Its stone facade has a central entrance loggia with columns and a row of balconies across two floors.
Construction started in 1766, commissioned by Michele Gravina Cruillas, Prince of Comitini, and designed by architect Nicolò Palma, with the building completed in 1781. The work belongs to the final phase of Sicilian baroque, a period when Palermo's nobility expressed its wealth through architecture.
The Sala Martorana is the room most visitors remember: its ceiling carries a fresco by Gioacchino Martorana showing the Triumph of True Love, with gilded walls and mirrors all around. The light moves through the room in a way that is hard to miss when you step inside.
The palace sits on Via Maqueda, one of Palermo's main streets, and is easy to reach on foot from the city center. Since some interior rooms may not always be open to visitors, it is worth checking in advance what is accessible on the day you plan to go.
Since 1860 the building has served as the administrative seat of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, yet its original interior decoration has been kept in place. This means you can walk into what is still a working public office and find yourself looking at 18th-century noble interiors.
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