Villas and extra-urban residences of the fifteenth century in Palermo and Sicily-With the exception of a few splendid residences inherited from the past and related to the Norman or Swabian courts -which are both in use and fully operative- the documented cases of new constructions in the 15th century are rare. In a city such as Palermo, the great private gardens were internal to the walled circuit, which allowed for an elitist way of life and matching social behaviours. A compact group of towered buildings constructed during that century in several places throughout the island constitutes, however, a significant phenomenon. In these buildings, which were commissioned by distinguished clients (the Cabrera in Pozzallo, the Ventimiglia in Montelepre, the Speciale in Ficarazzi), a blend can be identified between defensive needs, productive interests, or else connected to hunting, and architectural and distributive choices which reflect conventions that are common to the entire Mediterranean basin, but also the influence of the Aragonese court and that of the buildings favoured by the monarchy.

Ville e residenze extraurbane del Quattrocento a Palermo e in Sicilia-Ad eccezione di alcune splendide residenze ereditate dal passato e legate alle corti normanne o sveve, i casi documentati di nuove costruzioni nel XV secolo sono rari. In una città come Palermo, i grandi giardini privati ​​erano interni al circuito murato, condizione che consentiva uno stile di vita elitario. Un gruppo compatto di edifici torreggianti costruiti il secolo in diversi luoghi in tutta l'isola costituisce, tuttavia, un fenomeno significativo. In questi edifici, commissionati da illustri committenti (la torre Cabrera di Pozzallo, la torre Ventimiglia di Montelepre, la torre Speciale di Ficarazzi), si può individuare l'unione di esigenze difensive, interessi produttivi, o legati alla caccia, e scelte architettoniche e distributive che riflettono convenzioni comuni a tutto il bacino del Mediterraneo, ma anche l'influenza della corte aragonese e quella degli edifici favoriti dalla monarchia.

Nobile, R. (2015). Ville e residenze extraurbane del Quattrocento a Palermo e in Sicilia. OPUS INCERTUM, 1(1), 98-109 [10.13128/opus-18610].

Ville e residenze extraurbane del Quattrocento a Palermo e in Sicilia

Nobile, Rosario
2015-01-01

Abstract

Villas and extra-urban residences of the fifteenth century in Palermo and Sicily-With the exception of a few splendid residences inherited from the past and related to the Norman or Swabian courts -which are both in use and fully operative- the documented cases of new constructions in the 15th century are rare. In a city such as Palermo, the great private gardens were internal to the walled circuit, which allowed for an elitist way of life and matching social behaviours. A compact group of towered buildings constructed during that century in several places throughout the island constitutes, however, a significant phenomenon. In these buildings, which were commissioned by distinguished clients (the Cabrera in Pozzallo, the Ventimiglia in Montelepre, the Speciale in Ficarazzi), a blend can be identified between defensive needs, productive interests, or else connected to hunting, and architectural and distributive choices which reflect conventions that are common to the entire Mediterranean basin, but also the influence of the Aragonese court and that of the buildings favoured by the monarchy.
2015
Settore ICAR/18 - Storia Dell'Architettura
Nobile, R. (2015). Ville e residenze extraurbane del Quattrocento a Palermo e in Sicilia. OPUS INCERTUM, 1(1), 98-109 [10.13128/opus-18610].
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