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The Saint of Sicily
  1. 1. The Blood on the Cobblestones
  2. 2. The Scalpel and the Gun
  3. 3. The Blood Oath of Il Capo
  4. 4. Fortress of Castellammare 🔒
  5. 5. The Anatomy of a Don 🔒
  6. 6. Shadows over Monreale 🔒
  7. 7. The Raven's Mark 🔒
  8. 8. Sins in the Salt Air 🔒
  9. 9. The Palermo Underworld 🔒
  10. 10. Wine and Gunpowder 🔒
  11. 11. The Catacombs of the Capuchins 🔒
  12. 12. Fire in the Crypt 🔒
  13. 13. Starlight over the Gulf 🔒
  14. 14. The Judge's Ledger 🔒
  15. 15. The Ball at Palazzo Gangi 🔒
  16. 16. Poison in the Goblet 🔒
  17. 17. The Traitor's Reckoning 🔒
  18. 18. The Sicilian Tempest 🔒
  19. 19. The Siege of Castellammare 🔒
  20. 20. Carnal Refuge in the Storm 🔒
  21. 21. Counterstrike at Dawn 🔒
  22. 22. The Madonie Mountains 🔒
  23. 23. Infiltration of the Villa d'Oro 🔒
  24. 24. Blood on the Marble 🔒
  25. 25. The Trial of the Don 🔒
  26. 26. Vengeance Fulfilled 🔒
  27. 27. Sacred Vows in the Olive Grove 🔒
  28. 28. Crown of the Bellini 🔒
  29. 29. Cleansing the Bloodline 🔒
  30. 30. Rebirth in Palermo 🔒
  31. 31. The Proposal in Cefalù 🔒
  32. 32. The Cathedral of Monreale 🔒
  33. 33. Velvet and Sea Salt 🔒
  34. 34. The Saint's Clinic 🔒
  35. 35. The Dynasty of the Dove and the Raven 🔒

Chapter 15

The Ball at Palazzo Gangi

The Saint of Sicily · Matteo DeLuca · 5 min read

The Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi in the heart of historic Palermo was a monument to the decadent, gilded peak of Sicilian aristocratic splendor. Celebrated throughout Europe as the setting of Visconti’s cinematic masterpiece *The Leopard*, the palace rose like a golden cathedral of Sicilian baroque architecture, its grand facade illuminated by hundreds of flaming iron torchieres mounted along the Piazza Croce dei Vespri. At nine in the evening, a procession of armored…

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