Fishermen at Palazzo Donn'Anna

Description

The origins of the palace date back to the late 1930s, when it was raised by the will of Donna Anna Carafa, consort of Viceroy Ramiro Núñez de Guzmán, Duke of Medina de las Torres. The project for the construction was commissioned to the most important architect of the city of that period, Cosimo Fanzago, who in 1642 prepared a design according to the canons of the Neapolitan Baroque which also included the construction of a double entrance point, one on the sea and one from a carriage road that stretched along the Posillipo coast (leading to the internal courtyard of the building). For the construction of the palace, it was necessary to demolish a pre-existing sixteenth-century house (villa Bonifacio) [1]. The Fanzago, however, was unable to complete the work due to the untimely death of Don Anna, which took place in a context of popular insurrection due to the temporary fall of the Spanish viceroyalty, with the consequent escape of her husband to Madrid (1648 ) [1].