From February the 11th to February the 13th, into the exclusive atmosphere of the Villa Igiea Hotel, the exhibition:”The precious Palermo” was held. To the event, organized by the Confindustria of Palermo in honor of Donna Franca Florio, participated goldsmiths, antiquarians, stylists, and textile art-crafts and it was also an opportunity to reward Sicilian women distinguished in the field of art and in the field of the entrepreneurship. The prizes went to Francesca di Carpinello for the art field, to Giusy Zalapì Benanti for the social involvement, to Iolanda Riolo and Natalia Ravidà Spatafora for the entrepreneurship. The choice of the Villa Igiea Hotel as location for the exhibition is connected to the history of the Villa itself: it belonged to the Florio Family and it was an extraordinary place for political and social meetings, in a time when Palermo was a political and cultural centre, at national and international level.