Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri is a Gothic -style palace located on via Piazza Marina , facing the Giardino Garibaldi in the ancient quarter of Kalsa of Palermo , region of Sicily , Italy .
6-524: The building, intended to be the family palace or castle, was begun as by 1320 under the patronage of the powerful Sicilian lord Manfredi III Chiaramonte . He commissioned the decoration of the Sala Magna ("Grand Hall"), with a painted wooden ceiling by Cecco di Naro, Simone da Corleone and Pellegrino Darena. From the late 15th century to 1517 it housed the Aragonese-Spanish viceroys of Sicily ; later it
12-648: The grooves left by iron cages in which had been hung the severed heads of the nobles who had rebelled against emperor Charles V were discovered in the façade. The palace is now both a museum and houses the offices of the rector of the University of Palermo . Among the artworks housed in the museum is Renato Guttuso 's Vucciria . At the rear is the small Gothic church of Sant'Antonio Abate. 38°07′04″N 13°22′12″E / 38.11778°N 13.37000°E / 38.11778; 13.37000 Manfredi III Chiaramonte Manfredi III Chiaramonte (died November 1391)
18-703: The island of Jerba from Arab pirates, he was made also lord of it. He held court in the Palazzo Chiaramonte of Palermo . Despite having obtained his lands by the Aragonese Kings of Sicily, he usually sided for the Angevines who held the rival Kingdom of Naples . In 1354 Manfredi was besieged in Lentini by the Aragonese troops of Artale I Alagona ; the latter was able to capture it by treason only in 1360. Manfredi
24-504: Was a Sicilian nobleman. Of French origins, he was given the County of Modica , then one of the most powerful fiefs in the Kingdom of Sicily , in 1377. He was also made lord of Trapani , Agrigento , Bivona , Licata , Castronovo , Lentini , Palma di Montechiaro and Mussomeli , where he built a castle which still bears his name. Manfredi was governor of Messina , and, after having liberated
30-741: Was captured and imprisoned in Catania ; however he later escaped and regained his possessions. His daughter Costanza (born 1377) married the future King Ladislaus of Naples in Gaeta in 1389. At the death of king Frederick III , Manfredi became one of four viceroys, ruling the kingdom for Maria, Queen of Sicily . Maria was kidnapped by the Aragonese and forced to marry Martin I the Younger. Manfredi fought against Aragonese power. Manfredi Chiaramonte died in Palermo in 1391. His son, Andrea Chiaramonte, governor of Palermo,
36-569: Was home to the Royal Customs and, from 1600 to 1782, the tribunal of the Holy Inquisition . The ground floor is mainly a rusticated stone wall, while the second story, piano nobile, is graced with mullioned windows . The tower's roofline is merlionated. The palace was restored in the 20th century, with numerous elements associated with its role as a jail of the Inquisition. During the works,
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