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In 1973 the Museum dedicated to Renato Guttuso was inagurated.

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Villa Cattolica is the transformation and adaption of a farmhouse with a tower and courtyard, In 1736 the Bonanno the Bonanno family bought it to make it nto a summer residence, a few miles from capital of the viceroyality. When the Bonanno famioly decline, Villa Cattolica had differrent uses. It was a refuge during the cholera epidemic and a barracks for the Bourbon troops. Then it was bought by Gioacchino Scaduto and the villa became a home of a preserved food production plant and then a cosmetics factory.
In the Sixties the production of lemons began. In 1973 Villa Cattolica from private to public use began, because the first floor eas rented out by the Council Administration. The Civil Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Bagheria was set up.

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In ancient times Bagheria did not exist as a town. It was founded in the middle 17th century by Giuseppe Branciforti, prince of Pretapezia and Leonforte, who built for himself a real palace where he decided to retire to private life. In 1769, his nephew built the main street called "Corso Butera" and the "Mother Church".
The nobles from Palermo move their city into the countryside and Bagheria was chosen as a privileged area. Soon Bagheria was considered an ideal holiday destination by the aristrocrats of Palermo, who built their villas in 18th century of Baroque Style.
Bagheria had another resource represented by the explotation of the numerous tufa quarrier, tufa being the stone with wich almost all the city of Palermo was built.

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Bagheria is a small town in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily. The town is know for its imposing villas, like the most famous Villa Palagonia but there are other monuments to discover.The name Bagheria originates from three different term:

phoenician term meaning "land that descends toward the sea";

arabic term meaning "windy gateway";

other arabic term meaning "of the sea, marine".