The original property of the Capuchins of S. Eframo was sold around 1560 to the Prince of Sansevero; it underwent several expansions and was sold a century later to Giuseppe Carafa di Bruzzano. It was acquired in 1717 by Ippolita Cantelmo Stuart, Princess of Roccella, who commissioned a series of renovations to transform the main building into an elegant residence. These works were entrusted to Luca Vecchione in 1754 and culminated in the construction of several rental apartment buildings, partially demolished at the end of the 19th-century and disappeared in 1935. The palace, stripped of its 18th-century furnishings and decorations in the postwar years, has been used for exhibition purposes since 2005 following a lengthy restoration.
Giuseppe Pignatelli Spinazzola
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-5038-3730
Titolo del capitolo
3. La Montagnola dei Cappuccini a Chiaia. Da masseria dei principi di Sansevero a palazzo dei principi di Roccella
Autori
Giuseppe Pignatelli Spinazzola
Lingua
Italiano
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1083-6.08
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Le ville a Napoli di età moderna. Chiaia luogo di conveniente dimora
Autori
Giuseppe Pignatelli Spinazzola
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
248
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1083-6
ISBN Print
979-12-215-1082-9
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-1083-6
Collana
I Quaderni di NeaVia. Studi sulla villa