Palazzo Dello Spagnolo, Naples on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
The Palazzo dello Spagnolo is a 
The Palace was erected during 1738, commissioned by the Marchese di Poppano, Nicola Moscati, and is attributed to the architect Comune of Naples
The nearby Palazzo San Felice is attributed to the same architect and has similar staircases.
Rococo
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...
or late-Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
-style palace in Rione Sanità
Rione Sanità (literally "Health Neighbourhood" in Italian) is a neighbourhood in Naples, part of the Stella quarter. It is located north of Naples' historical centre, adjacent to the Capodimonte hill.
History
What is now Rione Sanità was a buri ...
in central Naples. It is best known for its elaborate staircase.
History
The Palace was erected during 1738, commissioned by the Marchese di Poppano, Nicola Moscati, and is attributed to the architect Ferdinando Sanfelice
Ferdinando Sanfelice (1675 – 1 April 1748) was an Italian late Baroque architect and painter.
Sanfelice was born in Naples and died there. He was one of the principal architects in Naples in the first half of the 18th century. He was a stude ...
. Through an indistinct façade one enters to an interior octagonal courtyard leads to a double ramp stairwell. The interior was richly stuccoed by Aniello Prezioso, using designs by Francesco Attanasio in 1742. The top floor was added at the end of the 18th century. In the following century, the family sold apartments in the lower floors to Tommaso Atienza, nicknamed ''lo Spagnolo'' (the Spaniard), whence the name of the palace.
The staircases with arches in shifting planes still grants an aura of complex scenography, despite its present cramped and dilapidated state: a grandiose entrance leading only to a decrepit palace.The nearby Palazzo San Felice is attributed to the same architect and has similar staircases.
References
{{Coord, 40.8568, N, 14.2544, E, source:wikidata, display=title Spagnolo Spagnolo 1738 establishments in Italy Buildings and structures completed in 1738 Rione Sanità 18th-century architecture in Italy