Overview
Palazzo Filangeri di Cutò, better known as Palazzo Gattopardo. Almost completely destroyed during the earthquake (only the façade was saved), it was later partially rebuilt and today is the headquarters of the Town Hall, the Museo del Gattopardo [Leopard Museum], the Giuseppe Tomasi Literary Park Institution in Lampedusa and the Sant\'Alessandro Theatre. Museo del Gattopardo. There are reproductions of the original manuscript and typewritten version of the novel, donated by Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi. Other showcases containing the writer\'s letters, notes, documentation and vintage photos are also on display; there are multimedia stations that revive critical essays and films dedicated to the work. You can also see and hear interviews with Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon, unforgettable performers in Luchino Visconti\'s film, as well as the manuscript itself, its drafting, and the corrections made. Page after page, drafts and corrections, until the final draft. There is also the representation, through a wax museum, of a scene from \'Il Gattopardo viscontiano\' [The Visconti Leopard].
Via Maqueda, 26, 90134 Palermo PA, Italia
