History
Maison des Fleurs is located on the noble floor of Carafa di Maddaloni Palace.
The building was constructed in 1580 at the behest of Cesare d'Avalos, Marquis of the Kingdom of Aragon.
The palace occupies an entire block situated at the corner of Via Toledo and Spaccanapoli (of which Via Maddaloni is a part) and features a splendid portal in marble and piperno, serving as a model for all subsequent eighteenth-century portals.
On the balconies of the exterior facades, there are stucco decorations with medallions depicting lions and eagles, chosen by the Carafa family to symbolize their virtues.
The vault of the entrance hall, characterized by its remarkable height, is frescoed by Fedele Fischetti; the rectangular-shaped courtyard features on the right the main double-flight staircase, and at the far end, you can see a seventeenth-century portico.
The palace occupies an entire block situated at the corner of Via Toledo and Spaccanapoli (of which Via Maddaloni is a part) and features a splendid portal in marble and piperno, serving as a model for all subsequent eighteenth-century portals.
On the balconies of the exterior facades, there are stucco decorations with medallions depicting lions and eagles, chosen by the Carafa family to symbolize their virtues.
The vault of the entrance hall, characterized by its remarkable height, is frescoed by Fedele Fischetti; the rectangular-shaped courtyard features on the right the main double-flight staircase, and at the far end, you can see a seventeenth-century portico.
On the noble floor, among the main rooms, there is the grand Maddaloni Hall, outside of which opens a spacious marble loggia concluded by the balustrade of the upper terrace, designed by the architect Cosimo Fanzago in the second half of the seventeenth century.
The Maddaloni Hall, towering at a height of 12 meters, was used by Diomede Carafa as a grand hall for theater, dance, and music performances. Notably, Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, and several other composers performed here.
Giacomo Casanova, in his Memoirs, remembers it as a “very rich gallery.” In the palace, as evidenced by a plaque at the corner of Via Maddaloni and Via Toledo, the Supreme Court of Justice was located, with Raffaele Conforti being one of its illustrious members. Another plaque indicates that between 1901 and 1903, the politician and mayor of the city Luigi Miraglia lived in the palace, while another remembers that the philologist and literary figure Leopoldo Rodinò lived and died there.
Boutique Hotel - Maison des Fleurs
Palazzo Carafa di Maddaloni
Via Maddaloni n. 6 - Historical Centre -
80134 Napoli
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