Museum installation of Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo, Sicily: a twelfth century door jamb from the Marturano residence in the entrance hall with the fourteenth century statue of St John in the foreground Architect/Designer Scarpa, Carlo (1906-1978) Artist/Photographer ORCH Orsenigo-Chemollo Country Italy City Palermo Subject Date 1954 Image Date 2007 View Interior Style Modern Movement Medium Digital image Orientation Portrait Colour Info Colour Credit ORCH Chemollo / RIBA Collections Subject Conversion of buildings ; Decorative woodwork ; Door furniture ; Statues ; Monasteries & convents ; Museums ; Restoration
NOTES: Palazzo Abatellis was built in Catalonian Gothic style between 1490 and 1526 by Matteo Carnelivari. It was a Dominican priory from 1523 until 1943 when the arcade, the portico, the south-west wing, and the western tower were destroyed by a bomb. Carlo Scarpa recuperated the structure to house the Sicilian Regional Gallery in 1953-1954.
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