Palazzo Spinelli di Fuscaldo, Palace in Naples, Italy

Palazzo Spinelli di Fuscaldo stands at Via Costantinopoli 104 in Naples, next to the Palazzo Castriota. The building has a ground floor once used as stables and three upper floors. A loggia with arches opens onto a rectangular courtyard and leads to the garden.

The palace was the residence of the Castriota family, marquises of Atripalda, and in the 17th century belonged to the Marciani family, judges of the Vicaria, which is why it was occupied during Masaniello's revolt. In the 18th century it passed to the Spinelli di Fuscaldo family, whose member Giuseppe Spinelli became archbishop of Naples. In 1890 the piano nobile was sold to the notary Tavassi and the other floors were divided up. In 1942 Achille Lauro bought it, and in the 1970s it was incorporated into the University Federico II for the Faculty of Medicine.

Inside, you can see frescoes painted by Pietro Bardellino and Giuseppe Cammarano that represent the artistic traditions of Naples. These wall paintings show the skill and creative vision that local painters brought to private homes.

The palace stands at Via Costantinopoli 104, next to the Palazzo Castriota, in the San Lorenzo district. The entrance courtyard is rectangular, not elliptical, and the arched loggia at its far side leads through to the garden. The ground floor once housed the stables; three upper floors rise above it.

The ballroom still keeps the vault frescoed in 1791 by Pietro Bardellino, while two other rooms have neopompeian wall paintings attributed to Giuseppe Cammarano. The palace was listed as a monument of historical interest in 1938 and bought in 1942 by Achille Lauro, who installed military police and Chamber of Labour offices there.