A medieval fortress, seat of the Spanish Inquisition and today the university rectorate: the prisoners' graffiti survive in the cells.
Distance
Area
Kalsa / Piazza Marina
Visit
75 min
Entry
Ticketed
The story
Built from 1307 for Manfredi Chiaramonte, the palace gave its name to the 'Chiaramonte' style. The Sala Magna preserves a painted wooden ceiling of 1377-1380, one of the most important medieval painting cycles in Italy. From 1601 to 1782 it housed the tribunal of the Spanish Inquisition: drawings and writings by prisoners survive in the cells. Today it is the rectorate of the University of Palermo and displays Renato Guttuso's 'La Vucciria'.