Palazzo Spinelli Di Laurino, Naples
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The Palazzo Spinelli di Laurino is a palace, located on the corner of Via Nilo and Via dei Tribunali in central
Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, Italy. A palace at the site was first built in the 15th century, but the present layout, with an elliptical interior courtyard was commissioned by Trojano Spinelli. The courtyard recalls the interior of Palazzo Farnese of Caprarola. The structure is much altered, but still contains in the interior courtyard, a hint of former grandeur with dual ramp staircases, and statuary depicting virtues along rooflines, and a maiolica clock face on a triangular pediment surmounted by a ''Virgin of the Immaculate Conception''. The palace is just north of the Palazzo d’Afflitto,
Palazzo del Panormita The Palazzo del Panormita is a Renaissance architecture, Renaissance style palace in central Naples. It rises alongside the narrow via Nilo, near Spaccanapoli (street), via Spaccanapoli, where it is called ''San Biagio dei Librai'', diagonally fr ...
, and Palazzo di Ludovico di Bux (number 22) on the narrow alley that is Via Nilo.StoriaCity
, entry on palace by Amedeo Ruggeri and Gennaro Quintavalle, contributed by Scattola Fiengo - 4 maggio, 2012.


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