The Sacking of Palermo: An Emblematic Case of Real Estate Speculation
Journal title ARCHIVIO STORICO PER LA SICILIA ORIENTALE
Author/s Vincenzo Cassarà
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2023/1-2
Language Italian Pages 16 P. 149-164 File size 105 KB
DOI 10.3280/ASSO2023-002-007
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This essay analyzes the real estate speculation that reshaped Palermo in the post-war period, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s. It focuses on the transformation of the Conca d’Oro landscape and the historic center. The research, based on archival documents, period press, and specialized studies, reconstructs the disordered urban expansion that occurred without a master plan, focusing on key figures in Palermo’s political scene. It highlights how private interests and political-mafia collusion led to the destruction of historic villas and green areas, causing irreversible transformations.
Keywords: Palermo; Post-World War II; Urban growth; Building speculation; Corruption.
Vincenzo Cassarà, Il sacco di Palermo. Un caso emblematico di speculazione edilizia in "ARCHIVIO STORICO PER LA SICILIA ORIENTALE" 1-2/2023, pp 149-164, DOI: 10.3280/ASSO2023-002-007