page_title: Palazzo Parisio (Naxxar)
section_title: Scicluna Palace
hierarchical_section_title: Palazzo Parisio (Naxxar) / History / Scicluna Palace
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Palazzo Parisio at the Gardens, Triq il-Markiż Scicluna in Naxxar, Malta
context_page_description: Palazzo Parisio, formerly known as Scicluna Palace, Palazzo Scicluna, and officially Palazzo Parisio and Gardens, is a 20th-century palace in Naxxar, Malta. On site was a hunting lodge built in 1733 by Paolo Parisio, and was used as a summer or permanent residence, barracks and a college, before being acquired by the Marquis Scicluna in 1898.
  At one point the Marquis built the present palace between 1900 and 1907. Its architecture is composed of a modest Art Nouveau front and back façades and a Sicilian Baroque interior. Today, Palazzo Parisio and its surrounding gardens are in good condition and are open to the public.
context_section_description: The Marquis approached Architect Annibale Lupi (born 1869) to design and built on site an Art Nouveau mansion. He commissioned a team of Italian architects, sculptors and painters, led by Carlo Sada (born 1855), to embellish the interior and garden with Sicilian Baroque architecture and Pompeiian art. Work began in 1900, and was largely complete by 1906, when the marquis and his family moved into the palace. Scicluna died on 14 February 1907, before the refurbishment was fully completed, and his family moved back to their original residence in San Pawl tat-Tarġa. 
  The marble were sculpted and laid by Sicilian workers in 1902, as directed by Giuseppe Valenti. Among the workers were Baldassare Armato, his son Domenico Armato, Francesco Bondin and Andrea De Stefano. The main ceilings' frescoes were carried by Giacomo Olzai and Filippo Fortunato Venuti, both from Rome and completed by 1902. Other decorators included Giulio Moschetti and Vincenzo Cardona.
  During the two world wars, the palace was handed over to the British Government to use it for public needs. It was also used as a R.A.F. Office, and hosted soldiers and their families.
caption: Palazzo Parisio as seen from its gardens
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