Villa Piccolo

On the hills of Capo d'Orlando, less than thirty kilometers from us, there is Villa Piccolo. Built in the early twentieth century, it was the home of the Piccolo family of Calanovella, the poet Lucio, the photographer Casimiro, and Agata Giovanna, a botanical lover.

Today it is a museum that houses art objects, paintings, ceramics, ancient weapons, books, prints and documents that belonged to the family.

The rooms of the house-museum remind visitors of the passions of the Piccolo brothers, emblematic, the room where Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, first cousin of the Piccolo family, used to stay during the summer months. Here, he composed his masterpiece, Il Gattopardo, and on a desk there is still the last autograph letter that the Author sent to Villa Piccolo, just a month before his death.

Heart of Villa Piccolo, is the splendid park in which it is immersed. A luxuriant garden, with rare species of plants from all over the world. In it there are the "dog cemetery", and the "Lampedusa bench": here the Author of Il Gattopardo and Lucio Piccolo loved to come and talk about literature.