Palazzo del Mediterraneo, University palace in Naples, Italy

Palazzo del Mediterraneo is a university building in Naples city center at 59 Via Nuova Marina, extending across ten above-ground floors and two basement levels. The structure houses language laboratories, classrooms, and administrative offices for the university.

The building began as an unfinished shell owned by the construction firm Fimoper, which in 1998 signed a preliminary sale agreement with L'Orientale for a project of ten floors above ground and two underground garage levels. A legal dispute halted the plans, and the Consorzio Napoli Marittima completed it for office use. In 2003 the university leased the first five floors and both basements; in 2005 it exercised its right of pre-emption and bought the whole building for about 20 million euros, partly funded by selling its Agnano land to Fimoper and a thirty-year Banco di Napoli mortgage.

This palace serves as a hub for L'Orientale University and reflects how Naples has grown as an educational center. The building creates a space where language studies and international academic work happen at the heart of the city.

The student secretariat sits on the ground floor with its own entrance from the street, moved here from Via Melisurgo. The first three floors hold classrooms, the fourth and fifth the language labs, and the sixth to tenth the administrative offices and faculty presidencies.

The 2005 purchase, about 20 million euros, was partly funded by selling the university's Agnano land to Fimoper, where the campus was once planned; the rest came from a thirty-year Banco di Napoli mortgage.