Palazzo San Felice

The San Felice or Sanfelice Palace (Italian: Palazzo San Felice) is a Rococo or late-Baroque-style palace at Via Sanità 167 in Rione Sanità in central Naples. It is best known for its elaborate staircase.

The Palace was erected during 1724 to 1726 by the architect Ferdinando Sanfelice. The entrance portal has two stucco sirens of the Sanfelice family. Through an indistinct façade one enters to an interior octagonal courtyard leads to a double ramp stairwell. The interior frescoes originally by Francesco Solimena are now lost. The staircases with arches in shifting planes still grants an aura of complex scenography, despite its present cramped and dilapidated state: a grandiose entrance leading only to a decrepit palace. The nearby Palazzo dello Spagnolo is attributed to the same architect and has similar staircases.

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Palazzo San Felice ranks #2,588 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #201 of the 452 mapped in Italy. Founded 1724, it is older than 20% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 525 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,921 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 25 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Naples, 2 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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