A very strange but beautiful and touching real story of Salvatore Di Falco (aka "Don Totò", called also "Iron Head"), a poodle and clothes-dealer, arrived in to Palermo during the end of the Second World War (about 1943), when American allied went in to Sicily to join themselves to the Italian soldiers.
Don Totò appropriated himself a famous building in Palermo, the "Steri", one a time residence of the terrible Sicilian Inquisition: he closed all doors and gates, and proclaimed himself as a king of the Steri. And so was for about fifty years !! Cause nobody and no institutions in to Palermo were able to pursue Don Totò from the Steri.
It seems King Di Falco received a special permit to stay here by General Poletti, during 1945, but today there are no proofs about this non existent agreement.
When Don Totò died, in 2003, University of Palermo (the new tenant of Steri) succeeded to enter in to King Di Falco's property, and discovered a face of Palermo disguised for about a middle century !! A touching real story of a man who wanted be a sovereign, winner against all Palermo Institutions (such as University) that attempted to expel him from here. A very beautiful documentary in which a human event is joined to the famous story of the Steri palace, once a time a building realized for a residence of the Inquisition in Palermo.
one of the most important historical document of a new revealed city.
Don Totò appropriated himself a famous building in Palermo, the "Steri", one a time residence of the terrible Sicilian Inquisition: he closed all doors and gates, and proclaimed himself as a king of the Steri. And so was for about fifty years !! Cause nobody and no institutions in to Palermo were able to pursue Don Totò from the Steri.
It seems King Di Falco received a special permit to stay here by General Poletti, during 1945, but today there are no proofs about this non existent agreement.
When Don Totò died, in 2003, University of Palermo (the new tenant of Steri) succeeded to enter in to King Di Falco's property, and discovered a face of Palermo disguised for about a middle century !! A touching real story of a man who wanted be a sovereign, winner against all Palermo Institutions (such as University) that attempted to expel him from here. A very beautiful documentary in which a human event is joined to the famous story of the Steri palace, once a time a building realized for a residence of the Inquisition in Palermo.
one of the most important historical document of a new revealed city.