Palazzo Bongiorno, Baroque palace in Gangi, Italy

Palazzo Bongiorno is a three-story residence in Gangi with two connected wings and ornate wrought iron balconies on its facade. The building features a central roof garden and was designed so the upper floors contain larger and more decorated rooms than the ground level.

Baron Francesco Benedetto Bongiorno began building the palace in the early 1740s, between Corso Umberto and Salita Matrice in central Gangi. From 1756 to 1759 the Roman painter Gaspare Fumagalli, assisted by Pietro Martorana, frescoed the piano nobile, with the baron himself agreeing the subjects. The palace housed the Accademia degli Industriosi, founded by Bongiorno, which became a colony of Palermo's Accademia del Buon Gusto in 1756 and of the Arcadia in December 1771.

The frescoes inside depict worldly and religious scenes created by artists from Rome and Sicily during the 1700s. These paintings show the taste and status of the family who commissioned the building.

The palace stands between Corso Umberto to the north and Salita Matrice to the south, a short walk from Piazza del Popolo in the centre of Gangi. The frescoed rooms of the piano nobile, painted by Gaspare Fumagalli between 1756 and 1759, are on the main floor rather than at street level.

One room inside displays frescoes celebrating the triumph and power of the Bongiorno family. These paintings tell the family's story through artistic symbols and allegories.