Description
Built in 1902 by the hand of specialists from Messina, with local materials and workers, the palace was born as the home of the surgeon from Letojanni Francesco Durante, the first in the world to have operated on a brain tumor and one of the major figures in world surgeryProfessor Durante lived in Rome and around Europe for most of his life until 1919 when he retired to Letojanni remaining there until the end of his days in 1934At the age of 45, thanks to the bond of esteem and friendship with Francesco Crispi, he was appointed senator for life of the Kingdom of Italy by the same King Umberto I, to whom Durante dedicated the inauguration of the new large hospital complex in Rome.