Malfitano Villa in Palermo
The Villa Malfitano in Palermo , consisting of a building and a park, was built for the Whitaker family , important English traders, who made their fortune with the "Marsala ”, The excellent Sicilian wine.
The villa is in 16th century neoclassical style , with Doric columns forming a loggia. Inside you can admire: Louis XV and XVI style lounges, a ballroom, one for the game of billiards, as well as a collection of Flemish tapestries from the 16th century, a pair of cloisonné enamel elephants from the imperial palace in Beijing , an eighteenth-century harpsichord, a late eighteenth-century Russian sleigh and collections of porcelain, fans, 17th and 18th century Trapani corals, 19th century Sicilian paintings and a rare 17th and 18th century Venetian mirror.
Outside, in the vast park, the Summer Room is of considerable interest, decorated with plants and flowers in a realistic style, so much so that it seems to be an extension of the garden.
