Palazzo Gangi

Located in a district rich in majestic noble residences, it owes its current appearance to the works undertaken in the 18th century by the Valguarnera family, in the person of Prince Pietro di Valguarnera. The story of the palace should be read in conjunction with the building of the monumental Villa Valguarnera in Bagheria by Tommaso Maria Napoli, as a celebration of the lineage at the height of its economic, political and social rise: in fact, with the marriage in the mid-18th century between Pietro di Valguarnera and his granddaughter Marianna, heir to the titles and her father\'s patrimony, the family patrimony was united. Fortified by such wealth, the Valguarnera family left in their memory two of the most splendid monuments of Sicilian architecture of the time, as well as the symbol of an entire era that had inevitably reached its twilight. The project was to merge several residences in the city of Palermo into a single palace of eight thousand square metres. From the magnificence of Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, Luchino Visconti drew inspiration for the setting of the dance in the film, based on the 1963 novel of the same name, Il Gattopardo.