Palazzo dei Duchi di Santo Stefano Taormina | 98039 Taormina (Me)

The Palazzo Duchi S. Stafano is located on the Via de Spuches right next to the town gate Porta Catania in Taormina.

 

It was the residence of the spanish aritocratic family De Spuches, dukes of Santo Stefano. The palazzo was built in the 14th century and exhibites fine examples of Sicilian Romanesque and Gothic style, fitted with Arabic-Norman elements.

 

 

Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano - A masterpiece of Sicilian Gothic style

 

During the second world war it was damaged in large parts, yet it was completly restored in the 1960s after it becane property of the city.

A small room on the ground floor is often used for exhibitions while the first floor presents a permanent exhibition of the sculptor Guiseppe Mazzullo.
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Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano Taormina
Via de Spuches
98039 Taormina (Me)
Italy
+39-0942620129
"Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano -a masterpiece of Sicilian gothic arcitecture"

The Palazzo Duchi S. Stafano is located on the Via de Spuches right next to the town gate Porta Catania in Taormina.

 

It was the residence of the spanish aritocratic family De Spuches, dukes of Santo Stefano. The palazzo was built in the 14th century and exhibites fine examples of Sicilian Romanesque and Gothic style, fitted with Arabic-Norman elements.

 

 

Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano - A masterpiece of Sicilian Gothic style

 

During the second world war it was damaged in large parts, yet it was completly restored in the 1960s after it becane property of the city.

A small room on the ground floor is often used for exhibitions while the first floor presents a permanent exhibition of the sculptor Guiseppe Mazzullo.
Via de Spuches 98039 Taormina (Me), Sicily it
Latitude: 37 deg 51 min 0 sec N Longitude: 15 deg 16 min 48 dec W
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