Piazza Villena, which is popularly referred to simply as Quattro Canti, which translated from Italian means "four corners" - is one of the main Baroque square of Palermo, the Sicilian capital. It is located on persechenii Corso Vittorio Emanuele, formerly bore the name of Cassaro and Via Maqueda. Creating area dates back to the 17th century, when the maze of streets in the old Palermo by order of the Spanish Viceroy Maqueda was constructed straight street perpendicular Cassaro. Later, a new street was named after its founder.

Today Piazza Villena, with its buildings in the style of Sicilian Baroque - it is one of the most popular tourist attractions of the city .  Most of the architectural ensemble of the square was designed by Giulio Lasso and built in the first half of the 17th century by architect Giuseppe de Avantsato .  Piazza itself is very unusual octagonal shape as the corners of four buildings, facing her, it was specially curved .  In addition, the facades of the four-storey buildings in the same style, which gives the area a complete form: the lower tier of each building is decorated with a fountain with the statue of one of the seasons of the year, on the middle tier, you can see the statues of the Spanish King Philip II, Philip III, Philip IV and the Emperor Charles V, which at various times were the rulers of the kingdom of Sicily, and on the upper level housed the statue of St. Agatha, Christina, Ninfa and Oliva - of up to 17 centuries revered Protecting Palermo .  Later, these saints became the patroness of city blocks that start behind each statue .  In the southwest corner of Pyatstsa Villena stands the Catholic church of San Giuseppe dny Teatino - one of the most striking examples of Sicilian Baroque style .  In the 17th century Quattro Canti was one of the largest samples of urban planning in Europe .