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[[Image:Cassanostairs.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Stairway within the Palazzo Serra di Cassano in Naples.]] |
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'''Palazzo Serra di Cassano''' is a building in [[Naples]], [[Italy]], built for the wealthy Serra Family, one of the original 54 Alberghi of Genoa. The family insignia (crest) is frescoed on the ceiling of the Palazzo Serra's Great Hall. |
'''Palazzo Serra di Cassano''' is a building in [[Naples]], [[Italy]], built for the wealthy Serra Family, one of the original 54 Alberghi of Genoa (see discussion). The family insignia (crest) is frescoed on the ceiling of the Palazzo Serra's Great Hall. |
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The Palazzo is behind [[Piazza del Plebiscito]] on via Monte di Dio, the road leading up to the height of the [[Pizzofalcone]] peak. It was built in the first half of the 18th centuryby the architect, [[Ferdinando Sanfelice]], also responsible for the construction of the nearby [[Nunziatella military academy|Nunziatella]], the Bourbon Military Academy founded in the days of the [[Kingdom of Naples]], and still in operation. Both the Duke of Cassano and the Palazzo Serra were known throughout Europe for their superb library. In the 19th Century that collection was sold to the Viscount Spencer. It is located today at Althorp, the country home and final resting place of Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales and at The Rylands Library, Manchester University, England. |
The Palazzo is behind [[Piazza del Plebiscito]] on via Monte di Dio, the road leading up to the height of the [[Pizzofalcone]] peak. It was built in the first half of the 18th centuryby the architect, [[Ferdinando Sanfelice]], also responsible for the construction of the nearby [[Nunziatella military academy|Nunziatella]], the Bourbon Military Academy founded in the days of the [[Kingdom of Naples]], and still in operation. Both the Duke of Cassano and the Palazzo Serra were known throughout Europe for their superb library. In the 19th Century that collection was sold to the Viscount Spencer. It is located today at Althorp, the country home and final resting place of Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales and at The Rylands Library, Manchester University, England. |
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Palazzo Serra di Cassano is a building in Naples, Italy, built for the wealthy Serra Family, one of the original 54 Alberghi of Genoa (see discussion). The family insignia (crest) is frescoed on the ceiling of the Palazzo Serra's Great Hall.
The Palazzo is behind Piazza del Plebiscito on via Monte di Dio, the road leading up to the height of the Pizzofalcone peak. It was built in the first half of the 18th centuryby the architect, Ferdinando Sanfelice, also responsible for the construction of the nearby Nunziatella, the Bourbon Military Academy founded in the days of the Kingdom of Naples, and still in operation. Both the Duke of Cassano and the Palazzo Serra were known throughout Europe for their superb library. In the 19th Century that collection was sold to the Viscount Spencer. It is located today at Althorp, the country home and final resting place of Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales and at The Rylands Library, Manchester University, England.
The dual portals of the palace entrance, on the via Monte di Dio, open onto twin curved stairways leading up over an octagonal courtyard. The building originally had entrances on two different streets; the entrance that formerly opened onto via Egiziaca, facing the Royal Palace, was closed many years ago in 1799. The owner, Francesco Serra, The Duke of Cassano, closed it to protest the execution (beheading) of his son, Gennaro Serra. Gennaro, the Prince of Cassano, was said to be involved in the revolutionary activities of the Neapolitan Republic.
Today it houses the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies.