Description

The sumptuous Carafa della Spina Palace was constructed at the end of 1500 and its interior was completely renovated in the first half of 1700.

The façade is livened up by the presence of several floors with Rococo balconies and it retains one of the most interesting portals in eighteenth century Neapolitan civil architecture. This extremely high portal is defined by enormous piers on a base which is decorated and surmounted by masks and high-reliefs. One of the balconies - which stands above an intricate coat of arms - is supported by fauns leaning against the many spirals that come out from the capital of the pillar beneath. At the side of the portal are two splendid little pillasters decorated with the head of a lion with its jaws wide open, in which torches were extinguished. Similar architectural features can also be found in the courtyard.