Palazzo dell'Intendenza di Finanza, degli Uffici Finanziari e dell'Avvocatura di Stato, Government palace in San Giuseppe district, Naples, Italy
Palazzo dell'Intendenza di Finanza is an administrative building in Naples with a rectangular footprint and an apse-shaped side, marked by exposed brick facades and concrete structural elements throughout. The structure offers multiple entrances along its lateral facades, distinguished by travertine grilles and concrete decorative details.
The palace was built between 1933 and 1937 under architect Marcello Canino's direction, replacing the earlier San Tommaso d'Aquino complex. This construction was part of broader urban changes undertaken in the city during that period.
The building's name lists its three functions: the Intendenza di Finanza, the financial offices and the Avvocatura di Stato, the state legal service. It stands on the site of the former San Tommaso d'Aquino complex, and its travertine portal and concrete grilles are the work of Marcello Canino's monumentalist design of 1933–1937.
The palace occupies the block between Via Armando Diaz, Via Cesare Battisti, Via Guglielmo Oberdan and Via Fabio Filzi. The main portal is the large travertine niche on Via Diaz; the two side portals on Oberdan and Filzi are identical travertine grilles enclosing the stairwell. As the seat of the Intendenza di Finanza, the Uffici Finanziari and the Avvocatura di Stato, it is a working office building, so entry is for those with business there.
The apse on Via Cesare Battisti answers the concave travertine niche of the Via Diaz portal: the same curved form is turned inside out at the opposite end of the building. The side portals on Via Oberdan and Via Fabio Filzi are closed by travertine grilles, behind which cast concrete forms a grid of abstract figures.
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