Palazzo Tupputi Schinosa, Noble palace in Bisceglie, Italy
Palazzo Tupputi Schinosa is a noble residence located in Bisceglie on the Adriatic coast of Puglia. The building displays classical Italian architecture with carefully carved stone work and symmetrical window arrangements across its main facade.
Built in the second half of the 16th century near the old Porta di Zappino, probably for the Frisari counts from the Salerno area; the architect is unknown. In the mid-18th century it passed to the Tupputi marquises of Piacenza, who made it their family home and turned the Renaissance windows of the piano nobile into balconies. On 5 July 1820 the ground-floor rooms hosted the Dieta delle Puglie, chaired by Marquis Domenico Antonio Tupputi, where Carbonari from Puglia agreed on joint action in support of the Parthenopean Republic. After the war the Comune di Bisceglie acquired it.
The palace takes its name from the Tupputi marquises of Piacenza, who bought it in the mid-18th century and made it their family home. They rebuilt the inner courtyard, where the family coat of arms can be seen under a lunetted barrel vault, and the courtyard front rises on three arcaded levels separated by Numidian granite columns.
The palace stands at the corner of via Cardinale dell'Olio and via Ottavio Tupputi in the historic centre, with its main rectangular portal at via Cardinale dell'Olio no. 34. The whole building is under restoration, so the interior halls and the inner courtyard with its granite columns cannot be visited; the two facades can be seen from the street.
The palace's name comes from the Tupputi marquises of Piacenza, who bought it in the mid-18th century; the street along its side is named via Ottavio Tupputi. The family remodelled the inner courtyard, where their coat of arms is visible under a lunetted barrel vault, and the courtyard front has three tiers of arcades on Numidian granite columns.
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