In the most historic part of the city of Trapani, is one of the most enchanting places from the cultural and architectural
"The Court of Ancient Water Lilies" Historic and private, is now, after extensive renovation house staff of the Family Brown-Stanford, heirs architect Decius Brown, for want of which you can now experience the historic location, as a frame of presentations or events in a private dwelling and on request for guests .
Fulcrum of Art and Knowledge, the Old Court and the former monastery of the XV century, was the seat of the female monastic church of S. Domenico, joined to it by means of overpasses.
Around 1230 the area of S. Domenico was named by the Dominicans that the ruins of the church of Santa Maria la Nova, church attached to the monastery and the convent of underground tunnels built from old ruins of the Phoenician city below.
Who dares confirms that precisely these underground passages joined the Dominican Church and the two monasteries through tunnels where the ancient city remained hidden underground.
The chapel "Crusaders" in the crypt of the Church of S. Domenico, discovered and excavated to a stop at the point where frescoes have emerged, is proof.
The old "wheel" the passage currently walled but recognizable on the outside of the chapel Renaissance octagonal Ancient Monastery Church adjoining the Old Court, was used to leave orphans in care to the nuns, hence the name of the side street adjacent to the San Domenico and the current structure, "Via Orphan".
The ancient nunnery, now "Ancient Court of Waterlilies", curia remained until mid-nineteenth century, later abandoned and completely restored.
Around the first of the '900 was purchased, renovated and loved, as to become a private residence and studio technician Engineer Architect Commendatore Decius Brown who, in the first half of the '900 overlaid the post of Honorary Cultural Heritage of Western Sicily (lover of art, history and culture was a leading figure in support of conservation and restoration of goods throughout the city of Trapani and the Province itself, especially after the war to restore war, not thè architect of the creation of several works on the ground Trapanese).
His wife, Trapanese painter and designer of the early '900 Renata Lombardo was inspired by the beauty of the place and the love for this land, composing several paintings and artistic performed in Trapani in the early last century (one of his importance to remember the golden crown of the famous Madonna of Trapani and Child).
The architect Decius Brown is also remembered for his dedication as a manufacturer of superb basilica altar to the sanctuary of the Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of Trapani).
After years of neglect the heirs of the family Brown and Cypress have implemented restructuring allowing you to save the home carpentry become in recent decades restoring the house to its original splendor.
