The entrance to the promenade
The "Walk of the Bad" or "Walk of the Bad Walls" in its present configuration is a nineteenth-century monument of Palermo.
This is a terrace facing the sea on the civic walls at Porta Felice and close to the Foro Italico. The promenade that existed since the end of the 17th century was settled by the marquis Lucchesi Palli in 1813, damaged by the violent world war bombings (May 1943), abandoned to oblivion and unused until 1997 when the municipal administration started the work of restoration. In 1998 it was reopened to public enjoyment.
It is accessed via a stairway in Piazza Santo Spirito, next to Benso Palace. On the walk, the private terraces and the Benso palace overlook the Butera, Piraino, Lampedusa and the former hotel Trinacria.
Etymologically derives from the captivae Latin (prisoner), a term used to identify widows, considered as a prisoner of pain in mourning. In fact, this terrace was used for walks by the widows who were at a distance from the classical walk that was at the Italo Forum.
Abandoned from the second after the war were restored and reopened to public enjoyment in 1998 with complex restoration interventions designed and directed by the Office of the Historic Center of the City of Palermo. In March 2014, the Bad Passage was sequestrated by the Magistrates for vandalism and disaster but after reworked, it was reopened to the public. Voices correlateemodify wikitesto kitesto
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