Balcony sculpture, Palazzo Cosentini, Ragusa, Sicily, Italy

Sculpted figure wearing glasses beneath a balcony on the Baroque Palazzo Cosentini, a 3-storey palace built for the baron Raffaele Cosentini in the 1770s, in the hill town of Ragusa, in Sicily, Italy. The town is split into the lower and older town of Ragusa Ibla, and the higher upper town of Ragusa Superiore, separated by the Valle dei Ponti. It is built on the site of an ancient city, inhabited by Sicels, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs and Normans. In 1693 it was devastated by an earthquake, and was rebuilt in the Baroque style. The town forms part of the Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1770s Balustrade Noto Raffaele Ragusa Ragusia Railings Rausa Sicilian

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