Palazzo Marigliano, Naples

The Palazzo Marigliano, also known as Palazzo di Capua is a

Via San Biagio dei Librai

number 39.

History

The palace we see today was designed by

Giovanni Donadio

, known as il Mormando, and built in 1512-1513. This palace replaced a prior home belonging to Bartolomeo di Capua, Prince of Riccia and Count of Altavilla. The structure has been modified over the years.

Two marble tablets in the entry portal recall historical associations of the palace.

Martin I of Aragon
, who had declared himself Martin II of Sicily. With this turn of fortunes, Ladislaus obtained an annulment or divorce by decree of the pope, and in 1392 even had the Archbishop of Gaeta announce the dissolution of the marriage in church and obtain the marriage ring. Constance was forced to marry the 4th Count of Altavilla, Andrea di Capua, son of Bartolomeo, and Protonotary of the Kingdom, who was residing in this palace. At the public wedding ceremony, Costanza was said to have proclaimed to her groom, to pride himself as having the king's wife and queen for a concubine.
This palace was a meeting place for those involved, led by Gaetano Gambacorta, in the unsuccessful 1701
Wars of Spanish Succession
.

In the mid-1750s, the palace was refurbished by Bartolommeo di Capua. He commissioned from

Battle of Velletri, Bartolomeo the elder sacrificed his life by providing the King with a horse. The work was heavily damaged by bombardment during 1942. Other paintings inside are allegorical scenes (1765) by Giovanni Battista Maffei.^[1]

With the end of the family line of Capua the house passed on to a second son of Sanserverino di Bisognano, count of Saponara. In the 19th century, they sold palace to Francesco Saverio Marigliano, duke of Monte. In the hall of Armor, the walls are painted heraldic symbols of families related to the Marigliano family. The private chapel has a fresco by Maffei.^[2]

Today much of the palace is occupied by the Soprintendenza Archivistica della Campania.^[3]