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Senatorial Sedan (1742), Regional Museum of Messina, Sicily, Italy
This is part of a series of photos from our trip to Sicily and Oxford, UK in September 2026
“The Senate Carriage of Messina was created in 1742 by the woodcarver Domenico Biondo and Letterio Paladino, among the finest interpreters of the new 18th-century pictorial language, who created the elegant painted decorations. The carriage comes from the Palazzo Senatorio. Constructed of carved, gilded, and painted wood, it represents one of the finest testimonies to the city’s glorious past. Used during solemn celebrations, it was pulled by three pairs of horses and carried the senators and the…
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