Places to see in ( Palermo - Italy ) Villa Giulia
Places to see in ( Palermo - Italy ) Villa Giulia
The Villa Giulia, also known as Villa del Popolo, and as Villa Flor is a park in Palermo, lying to the east of the botanical gardens. The park was commissioned by magistrate D. Antonino La Grua e Talamanca, marquis of Regalmici, in 1777 with inspiration from Giovanni Meli. Construction began that year and was completed in 1778. It was extended and enlarged in 1866. Designed by Nicolò Palma and named after Giulia Guevara (wife of Viceroy Marcantonio Colonna, prince of Stigliano, to whom the villa was dedicated), it was Palermo's first public park.
The original entrance overlooking the Foro Italico is of a monumental neoclassical design. It has been permanently closed, however, so access to the garden is now obtained through the primary entrance on Lincoln Street. That gate area is less developed.
The heart of the villa is the dodecahedron fountain, featuring a sculpture of a dodecahedral marble clock created by the mathematician Lorenzo Federici, each face of the dodecahedron featuring a sundial. This is supported by a statue of Atlas by Ignazio Marabitti, set in the centre of a circular fountain. Decorations surrounding the fountain consist of various metal sculptures.
Around the central fountain are four exedra, designed by Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda and intended to be used for musical performances. The entire central square was originally used for musical and theatrical entertainment.
The four corners contained round seating areas, though only two of these still exist. The avenues of the garden are lined with various busts depicting notable people in the city's history. Among the marble sculptures, the most significant is the Fontana del Genio a Villa Giulia - the Genius of Palermo which has become an emblem of the city, built in 1778 by Ignazio Marabitti.
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In una Palermo della maturità artistica, ricca di architetti ed artisti di primo ordine, tra cui tanti sacerdoti, il secolo XVIII sogna un età dell'oro: bonifiche ed abbellimenti ovunque, integrazione delle zone periferiche un tempo considerate solo come fuori le mura nella fruizione pubblica della città, ecc. Cosi nascono i giardini, ad uso degli abitanti, significativa estensione popolare, in un contesto ormai urbano, delle ville famose di campagna riservatissime alla sola gentry. Villa Giulia è in questo contesto culturale una magnifica testimonianza di questa presa di coscienza collettiva di tempi in evoluzione, con le elite cittadine impegnate in un processo di generosità nei riguardi della popolazione: educazione, svago e divertimento, invito alla riflessione personale ed alla socializzazione, Villa Giulia, svelata, è una commovente evocazione di una stagione felice di Palermo e della Sicilia.
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Regia e musiche: Gabriele Gismondi
Fotografia: Alessio Algeri
Durata: 20 min.
Anno: 2012
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Palermo Walking Tour #3 - Villa Giulia (Villa del Popolo)
Directly next to the botanical gardens in Palermo lies the beautiful Villa Giulia. Home to many amazing statues, flora and structures.
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In Palermo at an apex of its artistic maturity, full of artists and architects of first order, including many priests, the eighteenth-century dreams of a golden age: restorations and embellishments everywhere, integration of peripheral areas once considered only as off the walls and now opened to a public use inside the city, etc.. So come the gardens, to be enjoyed by the citizens freely! a significant interpretation for the common people in town, of what the famous villas were in the countryside for the exclusive life of the gentry. Villa Giulia is a magnificent testament of this collective awareness, of the changing of times. The city's elite engaged in a process of absolute generosity towards the people: education, recreation and entertainment, an invitation either to a personal reflection than to socialization. Villa Giulia, unveiled, is a moving evocation of a happy season of Palermo and Sicily.
starring Jean Paul Barreaud
Director: Gabriele Gismondi
Director of photography: Alessio Algeri
Duration: 20 min.
Year: 2012
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