Palazzo d'Ayala Valva, Noble residence in Taranto, Italy.

Palazzo d'Ayala Valva is a noble residence in Taranto built with solid stone masonry and arranged across multiple floors with large windows typical of Italian palaces. The structure features the proportions and layout that characterize aristocratic homes of its time.

Don Ignazio Marrese built the palace in the 18th century as his residence and as lodging for the king's ministers and officers. In 1820 it hosted Carbonari members, including Grand Master Nicola Galeota and his cousins Vincenzo Luccarelli and Raffaele Fabiano. The d'Ayala Valva family, of Spanish origin, bought it around 1800 and gave it Renaissance-style features. In 1982 the Comune expropriated it to house the Alfredo Majorano Ethnographic Museum.

The Marrese family, of French origin, was nicknamed "cefali di Marrese" because the palace overlooked the area reserved for catching mullet. In 1820 the building hosted Carbonari members, including Grand Master Nicola Galeota and his cousins Vincenzo Luccarelli and Raffaele Fabiano, who opposed the Bourbon monarchy.

The palace stands on Via Paisiello, overlooking the Mar Grande beside the pentagonal Marrese bastion. Its main door is walled up and the building is closed and abandoned, so it can only be seen from outside; painted wooden ceilings are visible through some open windows. The Alfredo Majorano Ethnographic Museum, for which it was expropriated in 1982, is not housed here.

The Marrese family, of French origin, was nicknamed "cefali di Marrese" because the palace overlooked the zone reserved for mullet (cefali) fishing. The building has three floors above ground and three underground, the lowest being the pentagonal Marrese bastion, with which the cellars communicate.