Castello Utveggio

The Castello Utveggio is a monumental palace built between 1928 and 1933 on a promontory of Mount Pellegrino overlooking Palermo, Sicily. It was built in a Neogothic style resembling a castle with crenellated rooflines.

History

The building was commissioned by Cavaliere Michele Utveggio and designed by Giovanni Battista Santangelo. Viewed as a fancy or folly building, the residence soon became a luxury hotel known as the Grand Hotel Utveggio. It was closed during the Second World War. In 1984, Sicily's regional government bought and refurbished the structure to install a business management school under the direction of CERISDI, the centro ricerche e studi direzionali, which closed in 2016.^[1] In January 2024 Sicily's regional council approved an expenditure of €5,900,000 for refitting the structure as a conference center.^[2]

References

^ Italianways website, The Utveggio Castle, the pink "madness" overlooking Palermo.
^ Castello Utveggio, 5 milioni per rifunzionamento struttura, ANSA.

[1] Italianways website, The Utveggio Castle, the pink "madness" overlooking Palermo.

[2] Castello Utveggio, 5 milioni per rifunzionamento struttura, ANSA.

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