Villa Palagonia ★
Bagheria's villa of the monsters, which unsettled Goethe and entered Faust.
Bagheria: 3 places to start with
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Castles Villa Palagonia Bagheria's villa of the monsters, which unsettled Goethe and entered Faust. - Castles Villa Valguarnera Eighteenth-century villa in Bagheria begun in 1712: key-shaped plan, frescoed salons and the Montagnola hill.
- Castles Palazzo Cutò Large early eighteenth-century villa in Bagheria: rooftop belvedere, two-flight staircase, frescoes of 1726.
11 places covered in Bagheria Grouped by type, most important first.
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Castles, palaces and villas
6Villa Valguarnera ★
Eighteenth-century villa in Bagheria begun in 1712: key-shaped plan, frescoed salons and the Montagnola hill.
Palazzo Cutò ★
Large early eighteenth-century villa in Bagheria: rooftop belvedere, two-flight staircase, frescoes of 1726.
Palazzo Butera
Oldest villa of Bagheria, of 1658: tower inscribed «O corte a Dio» and the Certosa with wax-faced statues.
Palazzo Villarosa
Neoclassical villa in Bagheria of 1763 at the foot of Monte Giancaldo: eight-column Corinthian portico, now for events.
Torre Amalfitano
Farm tower in Bagheria, probably thirteenth-century, rebuilt in 1546: water cistern, warehouse and crenellated terrace.
Museums, theatres and collections
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Museo del giocattolo Pietro Piraino
Bagheria museum of toys and waxes: dolls, automata, tin toys and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century wax sculptures.
Museo Guttuso
Bagheria museum in Villa Cattolica: works donated by Renato Guttuso, Sicilian carts and the painter's sarcophagus.
Museum - Osservatorio dell'arte in Sicilia
Private contemporary art museum in Bagheria founded in 1997: painting, sculpture, photography and an artists' archive.
Churches and places of worship
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Chiesa della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria
Mother Church of Bagheria, dedicated to the Nativity of Mary: built for the Branciforti, completed in 1771.
Archaeology
1Monte Porcara
388-metre mountain above Bagheria: walls and necropolis of a Hellenised indigenous settlement, perhaps ancient Paropo.
Tours, tickets and experiences
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What to eat here 3
Sfincione · Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
Where to stay 23
23 places to stay · top rated: La Dimora dei Paladini 9.5 · Butera 505-Luxury Suites 9.5
Events & festivals 1
Next up: Feast of Saint Joseph, Sunday 1 August
Getting there
Nearest airport: Palermo Falcone-Borsellino, 37 km away
Near Bagheria
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
