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We offer for sale an elegant building in the historic center of the city of Syracuse in Sicily in a true concentration of history, art and culture surrounded by the sea.
This beautiful palace stands out in one of the most important streets of Ortigia, a street where many rich naval merchants built their family palaces a few steps from the Piazza del Duomo and near the sea where their ships docked. Its original construction dates back to the first half of the 18th century but has had a prospective revisitation, first at the end of the 19th century and then in the more recent one at the beginning of this century with most of the details subject to meticulous restoration.
This three-storey building is characterized by the presence of four real estate units with two large renovated elegant apartments, one on the first floor and another on the second floor; with the latter equipped with an overlying terrace with access from an internal staircase. Terrace from which it is possible to enjoy a close view of the north elevation of the magnificent Jesuit College or Church which represents the tallest building on the island, larger than the nearby Cathedral. From this terrace looking west it is possible to see a part of the Grand Harbor with the possibility of admiring spectacular sunsets with changing plays of light. These two apartments with a very similar layout of the rooms have been renovated and in one of the two the original floors have been maintained, thus guaranteeing a historical memory also for those who purchase this real estate property. The apartments have at least two large bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, a lounge and a living room: all rooms with different layouts which would allow new possible distributions of the internal spaces to be able to add, if necessary, other bedrooms or bathrooms.
On the ground floor two other units with a small apartment with living room, kitchen area and bathroom and a commercial space with bathroom which can change its intended use, both of these properties have independent entrances: these rooms certainly originally had another destination of use, in all likelihood they were originally warehouses where some goods were stored and also foodstuffs were stored precisely because these buildings belonged to rich merchants. The properties on the ground floor therefore have an independent entrance, while the Signorili apartments are accessed by a beautiful staircase of which it is easy to notice eighteenth-century architectural details. All units have access to a large, very private courtyard which delimits the entire south side and part of the west side.
Only from this Palace can one of the ancient entrances to the College Church be observed; a stone entrance door walled up in 1648 AD with still some architectural details of another minor access of another fourteenth-century building incorporated during the construction of this place of worship built by the Jesuits: This entrance door is characterized by the stone ashlar with the symbol carved, the meaning known to few, IHSV or In Hoc Signo Vinces - Under this sign you will win: historical phrase attributed to the Roman emperor Constantine and which became the emblem of the Christina Church, also used by Frederick II of Swabia and in Masonic circles.
This property is also located between the two most important squares of the historic center, Piazza del Duomo and the one dedicated to Archimedes, as well as being a few meters from the seafront and the tourist port as well as the most important attractions of this timeless island.
If you wish to purchase a luxurious palace in Sicily, in one of the most important historic centers in Italy for private residence use or for hospitality investment, then this real estate property could arouse your interest.