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80 THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST ’
IX
PALAZZO GERACI AND PALAZZO CORVAJA
At the time when the Normans ruled in Sicily, long
before the family of Alagona had come to the island,
the two magnificent buildings, Palazzo Geraci and
Palazzo Corvaja, were built in Diamante.
The noble Barons Geraci placed their house in
the square, high up on the summit of Monte Chiaro.
The Barons Corvaja, on the other hand, built their
home far down the mountain and surrounded it with
gardens.
The black-marble walls of Palazzo Geraci were
built round a square courtyard, full of charm and
beauty. A long flight of steps, passing under an
arch adorned with an escutcheon, led to the second
story. Not entirely round the courtyard, but here
and there in the most unexpected places, the walls
opened into little pillared loggias. The walls were
covered with bas-reliefs, with speckled slabs of
Sicilian marble and with the coats of arms of the
Geraci barons. There were windows also, very
small, but with exquisitely carved frames; some
round, with panes so small that they could be
covered with a grape leaf; some oblong, and so narrow
that they let in no more light than a slit in a
curtain.
The Barons Corvaja did not try to adorn the
courtyard of their palace, but on the lower floor of
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