Palazzo Steripinto

Mediterranean Coast


This most imposing of Sciacca's palazzi is recognisable by its diamond-point rustication and twin-mullioned windows. It was built in the Catalan-Gothic style at the beginning of the 16th century.

To the palazzo's south, the Porta San Salvatore, a 16th-century town gate, is covered in Renaissance ornamentation.


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