Sanita' Quarter - The spanish house by egicom05
The building, wanted by Marquis Nicola Moscati was built in the 1738 by Ferdinando Sanfelice who was a famous architect. It?s characterized by the original and scenographic internal staircase called as ?hawk wings?, or ?opened? or ?ridable? because of the strange habit of the Spanish Chevalier Attienza, who was the second Palace?s owner, to go upstairs on his horse. The staircase splits two courtyards in succession. The internals are richly decorated with stuccos in Rococo style. Above the access doors to the apartments there are stucco decorations with bust-portrait medallions in the middle. Recently renovated, the Palace houses today a cultural foundation, the ?Guarattelle? institute that is a place of theatre?s production. On the top floor will be located the Totò museum who was born in the quarter (Totò was a famous italian actor borned in Naples).[by Egicom05 - Street of Naples]
ADDRESS
Via Vergini, 19
DIRECTIONS
By car: take the motorway Tangenziale and exit at Capodimonte.
By metro: Cavour square stop. Pass through the market-street of Vergini and go straight, the buildong is on the left side of the street.
