The Transatlantic is a vast lobby area connecting the modern to the older part of the building, adjacent to the Plenary Hall The curious name "Transatlantic" refers in part to the furnishings and ceiling made by the Ducrot company of Palermo, and in part to the lights on the ceiling, which are made of branching wrought iron lamp holders with large hemispherical glass globes, whose style is reminiscent of the lamps of the great transatlantic ocean liners.