Palermo Gate in Sciacca
The Porta Palermo di Sciacca was built in 1335, when the city walls were enlarged, and took on its present appearance around 1753, during the reign of Charles III of Bourbon.
Its construction underlines a precise urban function: the insertion of Jewish nuclei in the Borgo della Cadda and the extension of their commercial interests towards the hinterland and the city of Palermo.
The door preserves the ancient wooden doors, reinforced with bands of iron. The external façade has Baroque forms, with four elegant ashlar columns at the sides of the archway with pillars and volutes of the attic. The pillars and volutes give it a somewhat refined Baroque style that culminates in the attic with the large eagle with spread wings, a symbol of the then ruling house. The marble plaque instead recalls the time in which the gate was built. Its structure is made up of massive blocks of compact shell tuff from local quarries.
