The Palazzo dello Spagnolo or dello Spagnuolo (formerly Palazzo Moscati) is a monumental palace in Naples, located in via Vergini at number 19 in the Sanità district, in the historic centre.
It was built starting in 1738 by will of the Marquis of Poppano, Nicola Moscati, unifying two previous buildings received with his wife’s dowry. The project is traditionally attributed to the architect Ferdinando Sanfelice. The building is characterized by the original internal staircase known as “falcon wings”.
The interior and exterior were richly adorned with a clearly rococo stucco decoration, created by Aniello Prezioso based on a design by Francesco Attanasio around 1742. The access doors to the apartments are surmounted by stucco overdoors, with medallions with portrait busts in the centre. At the end of the 18th century the palace underwent a renovation which expanded its structure with the addition of another floor.
At the beginning of the 19th century the family was forced to sell the apartments on the first and second floors. The new owner Tommaso Atienza, known as ‘the Spaniard’ after whom the building was named, had the frescoes in the rooms painted, which are now almost completely lost.
Maps: via Vergini at number 19, Rione Sanità
