Palazzo Pastore is a civil building located in

Alcamo Alcamo (; ) is the fourth-largest town and communes of Italy, commune of the Province of Trapani, Sicily, with a population of 44.925 inhabitants. It is on the borderline with the Metropolitan City of Palermo at a distance of about 50 kilometr ...

, in the

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It is one of the best-known and most beautiful palaces in Alcamo; in

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, it was built at the end of the 18th century by the

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Nicolò Pastore, the first baron of RincioneRoberto Calia: I Palazzi dell'aristocrazia e della borghesia alcamese; Alcamo, Carrubba, 1997 and the father of the more famous Felice Pastore, politician and benefactor. Various noblemen and

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were hosted in this wonderful place over time. The building has three floors and three internal courts, one of them very large; the façade has some structural parts similar to those of the

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and other palaces. The entrance leading to the two stairs is imposing: on the northern side there are eight columns made with red marble and a ceiling with

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s, with four

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es leading to the two stairs and to the main court. On the northern wall of the staircase there is a

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which commemorates the stay of His Majesty

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in 1799. There is another entrance from via Cernaia, with two rooms used as a

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and a stairway leading to the first floor, where there are 12 rooms and other accessories that were the servants’ quarters at one time.

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* Roberto Calia: I Palazzi dell'aristocrazia e della borghesia alcamese; Alcamo, Carrubba, 1997 * P.M. Rocca: di alcuni antichi edifici di Alcamo; Palermo, tip. Castellana-Di Stefano, 1905 * Giuseppe Polizzi: I monumenti di antichità e d'arte della provincia di Trapani; Trapani, Giovanni Modica Romano, 1879, p. 61

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* * {{Citation, url=http://www.cartogiraffe.com/italia/sicilia/trapani/alcamo/palazzo+pastore/, title=Palazzo Pastore Buildings and structures in Alcamo Buildings and structures completed in the 18th century 18th-century establishments in Italy 18th-century architecture in Italy

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