Palazzo Carafa (other)
Palazzo Carafa may refer to: * Palazzo Diomede Carafa, monumental Renaissance palace of Naples, Italy * Palazzo Carafa della Spina, historic palace located of Naples, Italy See also * Carafa Carafa is a surname held by: * Tony Carafa, Australian rules footballer * Members of the house of Carafa See also *Carafa Chapel *Caraffa (other) Caraffa may refer to: * Caraffa del Bianco, municipality in the Province of Reggio Calabri ...

Palazzo Diomede Carafa
The Palazzo Diomede Carafa, also known as Palazzo Santangelo, or Santagelo Carafa, is a monumental Renaissance palace on Via San Biagio dei Librai #119–121 in central Naples, region of Campania, Italy. Across the street from the facade is the church of San Nicola a Nilo; on the Eastern flank, across a vicolo of the same name, is the church of Santi Filippo e Giacomo. History The palace was first built in the 15th century and restored soon after. A plaque, dated 1466, recalled work by the owner Diomede Carafa. It is said he engaged the architect Masuccio Secondo or Angelo Aniello Fiore in this work. The latter worked for the family tombs in the church of San Domenico. The palace passed from the son of Diomede, to the Counts of Maddaloni, and then the Carafa family of Columbrano. After the death of the Duchess Faustina Pignatelli, wife of Francesco Carafa di Columbrano, the palace fell into disrepair, until acquired in 1815 by Francesco Santangelo, a wealthy lawyer, and convert ...
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Palazzo Carafa Della Spina
The Palazzo Carafa della Spina is a historic palace located on Via Benedetto Croce number 45, (part of Via Spaccanapoli) in the quartiere San Giuseppe of Naples, Italy. It is located between the Piazza of the Gesu Nuovo and the Piazza of San Domenico Maggiore. The Palace once belonged to a branch of the Carafa family. The building was also known as the Palace of Fabrizio Carafa, Prince of Butera and Roccella, which later was inherited by Carlo Maria Carafa, famous being part of the cavalcade that brought the ''Chinea'' or tribute of Naples to Pope Innocent XI, and patron of the Carafa Chapel in San Domenico Maggiore. In the 16th century, a member of the Carafa della Spina family acquired the palace at this site, and it was rebuilt in the first half of the 17th century, likely using the architect Domenico Fontana. The palace was reconstructed in the 18th century by the architect Martino Buonocore. The elaborate Baroque portal made of piperno rock, create a grand entrance t ...
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