Description

Going down the Trinità Maggiore which runs towards the Piazza del Gesù Nuovo, you will see the eighteenth century Pignatelli di Monteleone Palace on your left hand side. The palace was constructed in 1718, from a design by Ferdinando Sanfelice. It has an exquisite façade, enriched by a grandiose entrance portal whose gable is cut off from the base of the balcony of the floor below as well as from the windows and balconies of the floor above. An elegant scroll ornament displays a dedication to Nicola Pignatelli in 1718, while on the left of the portal is a tablet commemorating the Impressionist painter and sculptor Edgar Degas' frequent stays in Naples.