Beccadelli Palace
Beccadelli Palace
We are on Corso Umberto I, between Vicolo Beccadelli and Via Pietro Caruso. Here, the Marchesi della Sambuca commissioned the construction of an imposing and powerful building. The Palazzo is named after the most illustrious member of the family: Giuseppe Beccadelli di Bologna (1726-1813).
A monumental piece of the 18th-century urban fabric of Sambuca
Abbot Vito Amico, who describes the urban structure of modern Sambuca in his "Topographic Dictionary of Sicily," recounts that the construction of the Palazzo took place over a considerable period, on pre-existing buildings within an entire block bordered by Via Beccadelli, Baglio Grande, Via Pietro Caruso, and Via Grande (Corso Umberto I). The area included the Church of San Sebastiano, the Pietro Caruso Hospital (1500), some ancient buildings that were altered over the centuries for logistical needs, and the imposing Beccadelli structure.
Property of the most prestigious Sicilian nobility
A member of one of the oldest and most illustrious families in Sicily, and the husband of a descendant of the Princes of Raffadali (a position that allowed him to become a representative of the Neapolitan Court in Tuscany and an ambassador to the Court of Vienna), Giuseppe Beccadelli was invested with the Marchesato della Sambuca in 1777 as the firstborn and universal heir of his father. He is buried in the Convento dei Cappuccini.
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