Philippe III - Quattro Canti - Palermo - Statue

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Piazza Villena in Palermo, also called I Quattro Canti , has four facades (three palaces and a church) beautifully decorated according to a design by Mariano Smiriglio with allegories divided into three orders of ascension , represented by the four seasons (power of nature) , four princes (temporal power), four patron saints (divine power).

In the second order, in the center of the niches are the statues of the four Spanish kings Charles V, Philip II, Philip III and Philip IV.

Here stands Philip III and the season winter.

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Source: Willem Vandenameele

Willem Vandenameele

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