Stand Florio, Historic building in Palermo, Italy.

Stand Florio is a building on Palermo's southern coast at via Messina Marine 40, built in 1905 to Ernesto Basile's design and only partly completed. Its style mixes Sicilian Liberty with Islamic-influenced forms, and its structure rests on an iron frame, among the first in modern Sicily. A red dome with a pinnacle rises above the main block.

Vincenzo Florio junior commissioned Ernesto Basile to build a seaside Kursaal, but only a smaller structure, the Stand Florio, was completed in 1905. Palermo's nobility used it for water sports and pigeon shooting until World War II, when it became an army depot. The nearby Buccheri La Ferla hospital later turned it into a solarium, and after years of decay restoration began in 1985.

Palermitans still call the building Taverna del tiro, or the shooting gallery, after the clay-pigeon shooting once held here. Today it is a cultural centre with music performances, open-air events and workshops.

Stand Florio stands on the southern seafront at Via Messina Marine 40, not in the city centre, so reach it by following the coast road south of the centre. The building now works as a cultural centre and restaurant, hosting concerts, open-air events and workshops, so check its programme before travelling out.

Locals still call it Taverna del tiro, or the shooting gallery, after the pigeon-shooting and water-sport contests held here for Palermo's nobility until the start of World War II. The planned seaside Kursaal was never finished, so only this smaller pavilion was built.