Palazzo Manganelli, Catania, Baroque palace in central Catania, Italy.

Palazzo Manganelli is a Baroque palace on Piazza Manganelli in central Catania. Its facade has balconies on carved brackets shaped like faces, and the portal is flanked by female atlantids and cherubs around a crowned coat of arms. Behind it, a two-level garden with fountains and a nymphaeum rests on the medieval city walls.

A palace existed here in the 15th century, built by the Tornambene family as a two-storey residence. In 1505 it was sold to Alvaro Paternò, Baron of Sigona. The 1693 earthquake left only the perimeter walls standing; from 1694 Antonio Paternò, 6th Baron of Manganelli, had it rebuilt by Alonzo Di Benedetto and Felice Palazzotto. In 1873 the lowering of Via Sangiuliano forced further work by Ignazio Landolina, who added the top floor.

The palace's name recalls the Paternò family, princes of Sperlinga and Manganelli, who held it from 1505; in the 1870s it was also called Palazzo Grasso after the princes of Donnafugata. The portal is framed by female atlantids and cherubs around a crowned coat of arms, and the balcony brackets carry carved faces. Descendants of the family still live in parts of the building, which also houses a hotel.

Part of the building operates as a hotel, which gives some visitors access to the interior, while other sections remain private. It is worth checking in advance what is open to the public before making the trip.

At the back of the property, a terraced garden with fountains and a nymphaeum sits directly against a surviving section of the medieval city walls. The garden is not visible from the street, so most people who walk past have no idea it is there.