Description

The Filomarino Palace was constructed in the fifteenth century by a branch of the Brancaccio family. At this time two ogival arches were erected on the stairway which can also be admired.

The palace was renovated by the Sanseverinos (princes of Bisignano) as well as by Giovanni Francesco Di Palma between 1512 and 1530 - it was at this time that the portico of the courtyard was constructed. In 1650, it had to be re-constructed further, as a result of all the reparation work that had to be carried out following the damage that it incurred during the Masaniello revolution. Other renovations took place at the beginning of 1700 when the grand Baroque portal was built by Ferdinando Sanfelice. Benedetto Croce lived in the palace until he died (1866-1952). He was a philsopher and historian who in 1947 founded the Italian Institute for Historical Studies in the room which previously housed the well-stocked library.