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Una caccia al cinghiale, mostri marini e temi nilotici nei mosaici pavimentali dell’ottocentesco palazzo Forcella a Palermo: tra suggestioni classich…

2016

The Marquise Forcella palace in Palermo shows a curious mixture of neoclassical and neo-medieval styles. It was built in the years immediately after the revolution of 1820. Particularly close to the Borbonic Court, Enrico Forcella was the administrator of the restoration of the Royal Palace in Palermo. As he had at his disposal the same specialized workers of the Royal Palace, he decided to copy some of the artworks from King Roger’s room and the Cappella Palatina. He also added some details derived from other Norman buildings in Palermo. These included the Zisa Castle, but he also sourced the Islamic Palaces of Andalusia, in particular the Alhambra in Granada and the Alcazar in Seville. A …