- UNESCO
Photo: Hszeee at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
At a glance
- Type
- Castle
- Style
- Art Nouveau architecture
- Architect
- Giovan Battista Santangelo
- Coordinates
- 38°09′07″ N, 13°21′20″ E
History and description
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. In January 2024 Sicily's regional council approved an expenditure of €5,900,000 for refitting the structure as a conference center.
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Getting there
Palermo Imperatore FedericoTrain, nearest
900 m as the crow flies
Castello Utveggio
Molo per imbarco Napoli (ascensore)2.1 km
Aeroporto di Palermo Falcone e Borsellino22.5 km
Distances are as the crow flies, not walking or driving.
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Nearby
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Castello Utveggio?
Castello Utveggio is in Palermo, in the province of Palermo (Sicily), Italy. GPS coordinates: 38.15188, 13.35563.
What else is there to see near Castello Utveggio?
Nearby you’ll find: Porta dei Leoni (1.1 km away), Teatro Franco Zappalà (1.1 km away), Palermo Museum (1.2 km away).
Sources and licences
Text. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Data. Wikidata (CC0); opening hours and contacts OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Photos. Wikimedia Commons, author and licence on every image.
Credits for the 6 photos
- Castello Utveggio — Hszeee at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Castello Utveggio (Palermo) 13 11 2023 01 — Effems, CC0
- Castello Utveggio above Palermo (52102250643) — Radek Kucharski from Warsaw, Poland, CC BY 2.0
- Castello Utveggio, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (9458364298) — l0da_ralta, CC BY 2.0
- Palermo Sky (46947225721) — Radek Kucharski from Warsaw, Poland, CC BY 2.0
- Palermo-Sicilia-Italy - Creative Commons by gnuckx (3627577385) — gnuckx, CC BY 2.0
Updated 28 October 2026. All sources and licences