Palazzo Palmerini
building in Alcamo, Italy
Palazzo Palmerini (formerly Mastrandrea) is a 16th-century civic building located in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani:
the Palace is situated at Via Buonarroti.
History
The ownership of this mansion to the Mastrandrea family is deduced from the deed drawn by the notary Aversa on 16 June 1562. The historian Pietro Maria Rocca, from Alcamo, mentions some notarial contracts, between 1533 and 1534, which testify that the tower was built in this period.
After the Mastrandreas, the owners were the Tornamiras, and finally the Palmerinis.
Description
The building dates back to the late Middle Ages. It has a battlement tower and was built for the prestige of the family that built it. The tower, with corbels at Machicoulis (as in the architecture of the time), is located at the corner between Via Buonarroti and Via Madonna dell'Alto; the corner, made with ashlars on which the coat of arms (represented by a shield with the shape of a horse head with a stripe in the middle of it, surmounted by a star) is placed, is a particular one.
On the ground floor of via Buonarroti there are three entrances: one is a round arch; there are two windows on its sides. On the first floor are a window and two balconies with stone corbels, and a recent one with a marble gallery which is sustained by iron supports. Its portal is 16th century in style.
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