Quattro Canti

Quattro Canti ( German: four corners), more precisely Quattro Canti di città, is framed by the Baroque architecture of the Quattro Canti square in the historic center of Palermo, capital of Sicily. It is located at the intersection of two roads Corso Vittorio Emanuele and Via Maqueda and is one of the outstanding works of baroque architecture in Palermo. Officially it is called Piazza Vigliena after the Spanish viceroy Juan Fernandez Pacheco de Villena, who built the architectural ensemble. The place is also known as Teatro del Sole, because the day falls on one of the Eckfassaden the exposure to sunlight.

History

The course was built on a city expansion to the east in the 17th century. The in the 9th century, serving as the main street of Palermo, since the period of Arab rule Cassaro (now the Corso Vittorio Emanuele ), who proceeds from the Palace of the Normans, was to the east (more precisely east-northeast ) extended to the sea and a total widened. In 1608 the Spanish viceroy Maqueda was at right angles to another major road, the Via Nuova (now Via Maqueda ) build. The two roads divide the old town in the district Albergheria, Seralcadio ( unofficially known as Capo ), La Loggia and Kalsa, which roughly correspond to today's mandamenti Palazzo Reale, Monte di Pietà, Castellammare and Tribunali.

The intersection of the two streets was expanded into an octagonal space with curved facades. The expansion of the square took from 1608 to 1620. Native of Florence architect Giulio Lasso erected at the four corners of the intersection each a palace.

Description

The facades of the four palaces are concavely curved, decorated three parts and with statues and antique columns. In the base niches are fountains whose fountains and statues symbolizing the four seasons. In the middle range are in central niches statues of Spanish kings Charles V, Philip II, Philip III. and Philip IV The statues in the upper part represent the four patron saints of the former Neighborhood: Agatha, Cristina, Ninfa and Oliva.

The fountains and sculptures are framed by columns that follow Doric, Ionic and Corinthian from bottom to top order.

Behind the palace facade on the south- south-west corner is the Basilica of San Giuseppe dei Teatini.

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