Palazzo Tocco di Montemiletto, Renaissance palace on Via Toledo, Naples, Italy.
Palazzo Tocco di Montemiletto stands at number 148 of Via Toledo in the San Giuseppe district. Of the 1566 building by Giovanni Francesco Di Palma only the richly decorated Renaissance portal survives; the facade was reworked in neoclassical style by Stefano Gasse in 1832.
The palace was built in 1566 by architect Giovanni Francesco Di Palma for a judge named Egidio Tapia. Major renovations took place in 1832 under Stefano Gasse.
The palace's name recalls the Tocco family of Montemiletto, who gave it their title; it was earlier called Palazzo Tapia after Egidio Tapia, judge of the Vicarìa and later president of the Camera della Sommaria. The street behind it, Via Ponte di Tappia, keeps his name, spelled with two p because of a toponymic error.
The building is located on Via Toledo in the San Giuseppe neighborhood and remains a private residence today. The Renaissance entrance portal has been preserved and is visible from the street.
Egidio Tapia bought adjoining land and built a second palace reached from the first by a bridge over the street below. That street, still called Via Ponte di Tappia with a double p from a toponymic error, lost both the bridge and the second palace when the Carità district was demolished and rebuilt.
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