{"id":3756,"date":"2026-09-03T12:27:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/sights\/palazzo-bellomo-syracuse-antonello-tickets-the-caravaggio-mix-up\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:28:04","slug":"palazzo-bellomo-syracuse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/sights\/palazzo-bellomo-syracuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Palazzo Bellomo (Syracuse): Antonello, Tickets &amp; the Caravaggio Mix-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ts-wxbar\"><div class=\"ts-wx ts-wx--ph\" data-ts-ort=\"siracusa\" data-ts-fc=\"\" data-ts-titel=\"\"><span class=\"ts-wx__loading\">Wetter wird geladen \u2026<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"ts-verdict\"><strong>In short:<\/strong> The <strong>Galleria Regionale di Palazzo Bellomo<\/strong> on Ortigia shows art from south-eastern Sicily spanning the Byzantine period to the 18th century \u2014 its main work is Antonello da Messina&#8217;s <strong>&#8220;Annunciazione&#8221; of 1474<\/strong>. One point up front, since it saves most visitors the biggest disappointment: <strong>Caravaggio&#8217;s &#8220;Burial of St Lucy&#8221; does NOT hang here<\/strong>, but in Santa Lucia al Sepolcro outside Ortigia. Admission is <strong>8 euros<\/strong> (reduced 4) \u2014 not the 10 that circulates everywhere. Tue\u2013Sat 9am\u20137pm, closed Mondays. Plan 1 to 1.5 hours.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Quick Facts<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ts-facts\">\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> regional painting gallery and sculpture collection (Byzantine era to 18th century)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Address:<\/strong> Via Capodieci 14\u201316, Ortigia, Syracuse<\/li>\n<li><strong>Operator:<\/strong> Assessorato dei Beni Culturali of the Regione Siciliana<\/li>\n<li><strong>Admission:<\/strong> 8 euros \/ reduced 4 euros; free on the first Sunday of the month (operator&#8217;s figure, last confirmed 12\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Opening:<\/strong> Tue\u2013Sat 9am\u20137pm, Sun until 1:00pm or 1:30pm (sources disagree), closed Mondays; ticket office closes 30 min. before<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highlights:<\/strong> Antonello da Messina&#8217;s Annunciazione, Gagini sarcophagi, carriage collection, presepi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Not here:<\/strong> Caravaggio&#8217;s &#8220;Burial of St Lucy&#8221; \u2014 that hangs in Santa Lucia al Sepolcro<\/li>\n<li><strong>Duration:<\/strong> around 1\u20131.5 hours (editorial estimate)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Without a car:<\/strong> very good \u2014 right in the middle of Ortigia, 200 m from the Piazza Duomo<\/li>\n<li><strong>With a car:<\/strong> poor \u2014 the Ortigia ZTL blocks almost the entire opening period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2>Why the visit is worthwhile<\/h2>\n<p>The Palazzo Bellomo is a place for people who want to understand Syracuse beyond antiquity. While the Museo Paolo Orsi tells the Greek and Roman story, Bellomo picks up where that leaves off: Byzantine, Norman, Hohenstaufen, Catalan, baroque. The collection was formed from 1940 by splitting off from the archaeological museum; many pieces come from churches and monasteries of south-eastern Sicily that were expropriated in 1866 under the law dissolving religious orders.<\/p>\n<p>The real total artwork, though, is the building itself. Its core is Hohenstaufen, 13th century \u2014 the same building school as the Castello Maniace at the southern tip of Ortigia. In the 15th century the Catalan governors of the Camera Reginale added a Gothic upper floor, with an open staircase in the courtyard, a loggia and pierced capitals. Two eras, stacked on top of each other. The nickname &#8220;Bargello of Syracuse&#8221; is no accident.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Who the visit suits<\/h2>\n<table class=\"ts-decision-matrix\">\n<thead><tr><th>Criterion<\/th><th>Well suited<\/th><th>Limitations<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Art lovers<\/td><td>Antonello, Gagini, Laurana, Minniti across two floors<\/td><td>Antonello&#8217;s Annunciazione is heavily damaged<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Architecture enthusiasts<\/td><td>Hohenstaufen building with a Catalan-Gothic upper floor, imperial eagle in the vestibule<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Coming for Caravaggio<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>wrong address \u2014 the painting hangs in Santa Lucia al Sepolcro<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Without a rental car<\/td><td>right in the middle of Ortigia, 200 m from the Piazza Duomo<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>With a rental car<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>ZTL blocks Mon\u2013Sat 11am\u20133:30pm and 5pm\u20132am, Sun all day from 10am<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>In summer heat<\/td><td>indoor spaces, compact<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Combined with Paolo Orsi<\/td><td>makes sense: antiquity there, medieval to baroque here<\/td><td>no combined ticket \u2014 two separate tickets<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Sunday visit<\/td><td>free on the first Sunday of the month<\/td><td>Sundays only until 1:00pm\/1:30pm<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>The Caravaggio \u2014 the most important clarification<\/h2>\n<p>Very many visitors arrive expecting to see Caravaggio&#8217;s &#8220;Seppellimento di Santa Lucia&#8221; at the Bellomo. That hasn&#8217;t been true for years, and it costs a whole morning if you don&#8217;t know beforehand.<\/p>\n<p>The painting&#8217;s journey: it hung from 2009 to 2020 in Santa Lucia alla Badia on the Piazza Duomo, then went on loan to the MART in Rovereto, where it was restored by the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro \u2014 and afterwards returned to its original place: the high altar of the <strong>Basilica Santuario Santa Lucia al Sepolcro<\/strong>, Via L. Bignami 1. That&#8217;s not on Ortigia, but in the Borgata district. It&#8217;s owned by the Fondo Edifici di Culto of the Ministry of the Interior, not by the Region.<\/p>\n<p>The basilica is open from 9:00am to 12:45pm and from 3:30pm to 7:00pm, on Thursdays only from 11:00am. Anyone wanting to see both should plan two separate trips.<\/p>\n<h2>What you&#8217;ll see<\/h2>\n<p>The tour is arranged strictly chronologically and runs over two floors.<\/p>\n<h3>Ground floor<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>18th-century carriage collection<\/strong> \u2014 unusual for a painting gallery and one of the museum&#8217;s most distinctive sections.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sculpture from the Byzantine era to the 16th century<\/strong> \u2014 with works by the Gagini family, Francesco Laurana and Giovan Battista Mazzolo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The sarcophagi of the governors of the Camera Reginale<\/strong> \u2014 including that of Giovanni Cardenas, a work by Antonello Gagini from 1506. The underside of Giovanni \u00c7abastida&#8217;s tomb slab was simply reused in the 16th century as an altar antependium, with a Deposition between Lucy and John the Baptist.<\/li>\n<li>In the vestibule (Room III): the <strong>Hohenstaufen imperial eagle in the keystone<\/strong> \u2014 the quiet clue to who built this place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Upper floor<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Antonello da Messina, &#8220;Annunciazione&#8221; (1474)<\/strong>, Room V \u2014 180 by 180 centimetres, from the Chiesa dell&#8217;Annunziata in Palazzolo Acreide, acquired in 1907.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mario Minniti<\/strong> \u2014 the Syracusan who appears in Caravaggio&#8217;s workshop and on his paintings. Anyone wanting to follow the Caravaggio thread finds him here rather than in the main work.<\/li>\n<li>Filippo Paladini, Guglielmo Borremans and further Sicilian painting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decorative arts<\/strong>: silverware, presepi, liturgical vestments, ceramics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The condition of the Annunciazione \u2014 honestly<\/h3>\n<p>The painting has suffered. The 1693 earthquake and decades of damp wall storage damaged it badly; the panel was later transferred onto canvas. Cesare Brandi toned in the missing areas uniformly in 1942, a conservative intervention followed in 1986\/87, and most recently it was worked on at the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro from 2007 to 2009 and unveiled again at the end of 2008. Large gaps still remain visible despite this. That&#8217;s highly interesting art-historically \u2014 but anyone seeking the unblemished Antonello experience will find it more readily with the Annunciata at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/sehenswuerdigkeiten\/galleria-palazzo-abatellis-palermo\/\">Palazzo Abatellis<\/a> in Palermo.<\/p>\n<h2>Tickets, prices and opening hours<\/h2>\n<p>Admission costs <strong>8 euros<\/strong>, reduced <strong>4 euros<\/strong>. This figure appears both on the operator&#8217;s museum page and at the Comune di Siracusa, which last confirmed it in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why 10 euros shows up everywhere:<\/strong> that&#8217;s the price of the Museo Paolo Orsi. Travel portals have wrongly carried it over to Bellomo since a tariff change. There&#8217;s no primary source for a 10-euro price at the Bellomo. That said, the picture isn&#8217;t entirely clean either: the museum&#8217;s own page dates from 2013 \u2014 which is exactly why so many contradictory figures circulate.<\/p>\n<p>As a facility of the Assessorato, the <strong>Sicilian regional tariff rules<\/strong> apply, which differ from those on the mainland:<\/p>\n<table class=\"ts-decision-matrix\">\n<thead><tr><th>Group<\/th><th>Rule<\/th><th>Note<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>First Sunday of the month<\/td><td>free<\/td><td>Sicily&#8217;s own regional rule<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Under 18<\/td><td>free<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>EU citizens 18\u201325<\/td><td>50 percent<\/td><td>so 4 euros<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Over 65<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>full price<\/strong><\/td><td>Sicily has no senior discount<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Teachers, journalists<\/td><td>free<\/td><td>including fixed-term teachers<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Disability + 1 companion<\/td><td>free<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Opening hours:<\/strong> Tuesday to Saturday 9:00am to 7:00pm, closed Mondays, ticket office closes half an hour before the end. For Sunday, the two official sources give different times \u2014 the museum&#8217;s own page says 1:30pm, the Comune says 1:00pm. We won&#8217;t resolve this, but recommend: plan for 1:00pm, and you&#8217;ll always be on the safe side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets<\/strong> are available at the ticket desk on site. A regular online presale isn&#8217;t documented; a temporary ticketing handover to the Fondazione INDA was explicitly limited to November and December 2024. The museum publishes no rule on <strong>photography<\/strong> \u2014 ask on site. Groups and school classes register on 0931 487248.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There is no combined ticket with the Bellomo.<\/strong> The Parco archeologico di Siracusa offers a combined ticket for Neapolis and the Museo Paolo Orsi for 18 euros (reduced 9); the Bellomo isn&#8217;t on that list. The 13.50-euro ticket occasionally mentioned dates from the long-abolished provincial administration.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting there<\/h2>\n<p><strong>On foot<\/strong>, the Bellomo is easily reached: about 200 metres from the Piazza Duomo, around 150 metres from the Fonte Aretusa, a good two kilometres from Siracusa station. The walking times are our own estimate based on the map.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By car it&#8217;s tricky.<\/strong> Ortigia&#8217;s ZTL blocks Monday to Saturday from 11:00am to 3:30pm and from 5:00pm to 2:00am, and on Sundays and public holidays all day from 10:00am. In practice that means: anyone arriving during the museum&#8217;s opening hours will almost always run into the restriction \u2014 on Sundays it covers the entire opening period. Hotel passes are valid only for driving through to load and unload, not for parking. The recommendation is clear: park outside Ortigia and walk in. More on the city: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/places\/siracusa\/\">Syracuse<\/a>; more generally <a href=\"\/nahverkehr-sizilien\/\">bus &amp; train in Sicily<\/a> and <a href=\"\/mietwagen-sizilien\/\">car rental in Sicily<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accessibility:<\/strong> the upper floor with the picture gallery \u2014 and thus the Antonello \u2014 is reached via the Catalan open staircase in the courtyard. No lift is documented in any official source; check in advance on 0931 69511 if needed. What is documented, however, is a tactile, narrated route for visitors with visual impairments, developed with the University of Catania.<\/p>\n<h2>Best time and common mistakes<\/h2>\n<p>As an indoor destination, the Bellomo suits any time of year, and especially the midday heat. The four most common mistakes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coming for the Caravaggio.<\/strong> It hangs elsewhere \u2014 see above. By far the most costly misunderstanding.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expecting to pay 10 euros.<\/strong> It&#8217;s 8.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunday afternoon.<\/strong> It closes at 1:00pm or 1:30pm.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Driving into Ortigia.<\/strong> The ZTL covers almost the entire opening period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In fairness: the operator itself describes its collection as &#8220;of varying qualitative significance&#8221; given the strictly chronological hang. So the density is uneven \u2014 a handful of outstanding works are separated by longer stretches. Visitors also repeatedly report individual closed rooms; this can&#8217;t be confirmed from official sources. A seasonal overview can be found under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/beste-reisezeit-sizilien\/\">Best Time to Visit Sicily<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Nearby<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/sehenswuerdigkeiten\/dom-von-syrakus\/\">Syracuse Cathedral<\/a><\/strong> and the Piazza Duomo \u2014 around 200 metres.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/sehenswuerdigkeiten\/fonte-aretusa-siracusa\/\">Fonte Aretusa<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 around 150 metres.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/sehenswuerdigkeiten\/castello-maniace-siracusa\/\">Castello Maniace<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 at the southern tip of Ortigia, architecturally the direct comparison to the Bellomo&#8217;s Hohenstaufen core.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/sights\/museo-paolo-orsi-syracuse\/\">Museo Paolo Orsi<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 on the mainland: antiquity, where Bellomo shows the medieval period.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/sights\/neapolis-syracuse\/\">Neapolis Archaeological Park<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 the Greek theatre and the Ear of Dionysius.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ts-faq\">\n<details class=\"ts-faq__item\"><summary>Does the Caravaggio hang in the Palazzo Bellomo?<\/summary><div class=\"ts-faq__a\"><p>No \u2014 that&#8217;s the most common misunderstanding. Caravaggio&#8217;s &#8220;Burial of St Lucy&#8221; (1608) hangs once again on the high altar of the Basilica Santuario Santa Lucia al Sepolcro in the Borgata district, outside Ortigia. From 2009 to 2020 it was on display in Santa Lucia alla Badia on the Piazza Duomo, then on loan at the MART in Rovereto. Many guidebooks are still working from that old information. Anyone coming only for the Caravaggio doesn&#8217;t need to enter the Bellomo at all.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"ts-faq__item\"><summary>What does admission to the Palazzo Bellomo cost?<\/summary><div class=\"ts-faq__a\"><p>8 euros regular, 4 euros reduced. Note: the 10-euro price circulating online is the Museo Paolo Orsi&#8217;s tariff, wrongly carried over to Bellomo by travel portals. The 8 euros is the operator&#8217;s own figure, last confirmed by the Comune di Siracusa in December 2023.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"ts-faq__item\"><summary>Do visitors over 65 get a discount?<\/summary><div class=\"ts-faq__a\"><p>No. The tariff rules of the Sicilian Assessorato dei Beni Culturali have no senior discount \u2014 over-65s pay full price. Free admission, however, applies to under-18s, teachers and journalists; EU citizens aged 18 to 25 pay half. On the first Sunday of the month admission is free.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"ts-faq__item\"><summary>What are the opening hours?<\/summary><div class=\"ts-faq__a\"><p>Tuesday to Saturday 9:00am to 7:00pm, closed Mondays, ticket office closes 30 minutes before the end. The official sources disagree on Sunday: the museum&#8217;s page says 1:30pm, the Comune di Siracusa says 1:00pm. Plan for 1:00pm on Sundays to be safe.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"ts-faq__item\"><summary>What condition is Antonello&#8217;s Annunciazione in?<\/summary><div class=\"ts-faq__a\"><p>Honestly: not good. The panel was badly damaged by the 1693 earthquake and damp storage, and was later transferred onto canvas. After restorations in 1942, 1986\/87 and most recently 2007 to 2009, large gaps remain visible. The work is art-historically significant, but not the intact Antonello experience you get with the Annunciata in Palermo.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"ts-faq__item\"><summary>Where does the Annunciazione hang in the museum?<\/summary><div class=\"ts-faq__a\"><p>In Room V on the first upper floor, in the picture gallery. The painting measures 180 by 180 centimetres, comes from the Chiesa dell&#8217;Annunziata in Palazzolo Acreide and was acquired in May 1907.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"ts-faq__item\"><summary>Why is the Palazzo Bellomo called the &#8220;Bargello of Syracuse&#8221;?<\/summary><div class=\"ts-faq__a\"><p>Because of the building: its core dates from the Hohenstaufen period in the 13th century, with a high plinth, small-scale ashlar masonry and cross-vaulted ground-floor rooms. In the vestibule sits the Hohenstaufen imperial eagle in the keystone. In the 15th century a Catalan-Gothic upper floor was added. This layering recalls the Bargello in Florence.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"ts-faq__item\"><summary>Is there a combined ticket with the Museo Paolo Orsi?<\/summary><div class=\"ts-faq__a\"><p>Not with the Bellomo. The Parco archeologico di Siracusa offers a combined ticket for Neapolis and the Museo Paolo Orsi for 18 euros (reduced 9 euros) \u2014 the Palazzo Bellomo isn&#8217;t on that list. An earlier 13.50-euro combined ticket dates from the abolished provincial administration and no longer exists.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"ts-faq__item\"><summary>How do I get there \u2014 and can I come by car?<\/summary><div class=\"ts-faq__a\"><p>On foot it&#8217;s simple: about 200 metres from the Piazza Duomo, around 150 metres from the Fonte Aretusa. By car it&#8217;s tricky: Ortigia&#8217;s ZTL blocks Monday to Saturday from 11:00am to 3:30pm and from 5:00pm to 2:00am, and on Sundays and public holidays all day from 10:00am. Anyone arriving during opening hours will almost always run into the restriction. Better to park outside Ortigia and walk in.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"ts-faq__item\"><summary>How much time should I plan?<\/summary><div class=\"ts-faq__a\"><p>By our estimate, around 1 to 1.5 hours for both floors. There&#8217;s no official figure from the museum.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ts-offer\">\n<h3>Syracuse in depth<\/h3>\n<p>We combine Ortigia, Neapolis and the museums into a programme that shows more than the postcard sights \u2014 and book the accommodation to go with it. Just send us a no-obligation travel enquiry.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ts-offer__cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/reise-anfragen\/\">Send a travel enquiry now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Sources &amp; update<\/h2>\n<p>Prices, opening hours and discounts according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regione.sicilia.it\/istituzioni\/regione\/strutture-regionali\/assessorato-beni-culturali-identita-siciliana\/dipartimento-beni-culturali-identita-siciliana\/organizzazione\/servizio-galleria-regionale-palazzo-bellomo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">operator&#8217;s museum page<\/a> (Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell&#8217;Identit\u00e0 Siciliana, Regione Siciliana) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comune.siracusa.it\/vivere-il-comune\/luoghi\/galleria-regionale-di-palazzo-bellomo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comune di Siracusa&#8217;s portal<\/a> (as of 12\/2023), plus the regional tariff rules; information on the collection and building from the operator&#8217;s and Comune&#8217;s pages; the Caravaggio&#8217;s location according to statements from the Ministry of the Interior and the Regione Siciliana as well as the Basilica Santa Lucia al Sepolcro; ZTL times according to the Comune di Siracusa (as of 06\/2026); restoration history of the Annunciazione according to documentation from the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro. As of 16 July 2026. Where sources disagree \u2014 Sunday closing at 1:00pm or 1:30pm, the museum&#8217;s founding in 1940\/1948\/1958 \u2014 this is noted in the text. 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The 8 euros is the operator&#8217;s own figure, last confirmed by the Comune di Siracusa in December 2023.&#8221;}},{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Question&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Do visitors over 65 get a discount?&#8221;,&#8221;acceptedAnswer&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Answer&#8221;,&#8221;text&#8221;:&#8221;No. The tariff rules of the Sicilian Assessorato dei Beni Culturali have no senior discount \u2014 over-65s pay full price. Free admission, however, applies to under-18s, teachers and journalists; EU citizens aged 18 to 25 pay half. On the first Sunday of the month admission is free.&#8221;}},{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Question&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;What are the opening hours?&#8221;,&#8221;acceptedAnswer&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Answer&#8221;,&#8221;text&#8221;:&#8221;Tuesday to Saturday 9:00am to 7:00pm, closed Mondays, ticket office closes 30 minutes before the end. The official sources disagree on Sunday: the museum&#8217;s page says 1:30pm, the Comune di Siracusa says 1:00pm. Plan for 1:00pm on Sundays to be safe.&#8221;}},{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Question&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;What condition is Antonello&#8217;s Annunciazione in?&#8221;,&#8221;acceptedAnswer&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Answer&#8221;,&#8221;text&#8221;:&#8221;Honestly: not good. The panel was badly damaged by the 1693 earthquake and damp storage, and was later transferred onto canvas. After restorations in 1942, 1986\/87 and most recently 2007 to 2009, large gaps remain visible. The work is art-historically significant, but not the intact Antonello experience you get with the Annunciata in Palermo.&#8221;}},{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Question&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Where does the Annunciazione hang in the museum?&#8221;,&#8221;acceptedAnswer&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Answer&#8221;,&#8221;text&#8221;:&#8221;In Room V on the first upper floor, in the picture gallery. The painting measures 180 by 180 centimetres, comes from the Chiesa dell&#8217;Annunziata in Palazzolo Acreide and was acquired in May 1907.&#8221;}},{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Question&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Why is the Palazzo Bellomo called the \\&#8221;Bargello of Syracuse\\&#8221;?&#8221;,&#8221;acceptedAnswer&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Answer&#8221;,&#8221;text&#8221;:&#8221;Because of the building: its core dates from the Hohenstaufen period in the 13th century, with a high plinth, small-scale ashlar masonry and cross-vaulted ground-floor rooms. In the vestibule sits the Hohenstaufen imperial eagle in the keystone. In the 15th century a Catalan-Gothic upper floor was added. This layering recalls the Bargello in Florence.&#8221;}},{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Question&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Is there a combined ticket with the Museo Paolo Orsi?&#8221;,&#8221;acceptedAnswer&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Answer&#8221;,&#8221;text&#8221;:&#8221;Not with the Bellomo. The Parco archeologico di Siracusa offers a combined ticket for Neapolis and the Museo Paolo Orsi for 18 euros (reduced 9 euros) \u2014 the Palazzo Bellomo isn&#8217;t on that list. An earlier 13.50-euro combined ticket dates from the abolished provincial administration and no longer exists.&#8221;}},{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Question&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;How do I get there \u2014 and can I come by car?&#8221;,&#8221;acceptedAnswer&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Answer&#8221;,&#8221;text&#8221;:&#8221;On foot it&#8217;s simple: about 200 metres from the Piazza Duomo, around 150 metres from the Fonte Aretusa. By car it&#8217;s tricky: Ortigia&#8217;s ZTL blocks Monday to Saturday from 11:00am to 3:30pm and from 5:00pm to 2:00am, and on Sundays and public holidays all day from 10:00am. Anyone arriving during opening hours will almost always run into the restriction. Better to park outside Ortigia and walk in.&#8221;}},{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Question&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;How much time should I plan?&#8221;,&#8221;acceptedAnswer&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Answer&#8221;,&#8221;text&#8221;:&#8221;By our estimate, around 1 to 1.5 hours for both floors. There&#8217;s no official figure from the museum.&#8221;}}]}]}\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In short: The Galleria Regionale di Palazzo Bellomo on Ortigia shows art from south-eastern Sicily spanning the Byzantine period to the 18th century \u2014 its main work is Antonello da Messina&#8217;s &#8220;Annunciazione&#8221; of 1474. One point up front, since it saves most visitors the biggest disappointment: Caravaggio&#8217;s &#8220;Burial of St Lucy&#8221; does NOT hang here, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3675,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3756","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3757,"href":"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3756\/revisions\/3757"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treffpunkt-sizilien.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}