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Palazzo Mirto
Via Merlo 2 • Tues–Fri 9am–6pm, Sat & Sun 9am–1pm • €4, or €10 with Galleria Regionale della Sicilia
Palazzo Mirto is a late eighteenth-century building that’s one of the few in the city to
retain its original furnishings, thus giving a rare insight into palazzo life. The exquisite
ceilings, intimate Chinese Room, imposing baldacchino, vibrantly coloured tapestries
and overblown Baroque fountain are perhaps all to be expected, but the family’s more
modest living quarters have also been preserved, while visits also take in the
servants’ kitchen and the carriages in the stables.
