Palazzo Colonna di Cesarò

History

The site once was known as the Palazzo Cesarò, and built under the patronage of the Tetano and Giusino family, by the mid-eighteenth century. It was embellished by frescoes by Olivio Sozzi, but it is unclear if these remain. In the second half of the 18th century, Teodato Colonna, the brother of Marcantonio Colonna, Marquess of Stigliano, and viceroy of Sicily. The palace became both a boarding house, and was celebrated for salons, but also as a gambling parlor for the aristocracy. In the 19th century, the Palazzo Cesarò was bought by doctor Stefano Tedeschi Oddo, a physician who earned a medal from Garibaldi for his service at the Battle of Calatafimi.