page_title: Palazzo Orsini di Gravina
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Palazzo Orsini di Gravina / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: Particolare dell'ingresso del Palazzo Orsini Gravina (Napoli).
context_page_description: The Palazzo Orsini di Gravina is a Renaissance-style palace on number 3 Via Monteoliveto, in the San Lorenzo quarter of Rione San Giuseppe-Carità, of central Naples, Italy. Since 1940, it has housed the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Naples. It is located across the street and a few doors north of the sleek and modern Palazzo delle Poste. Across the street at the north end of the palace, is the Piazza Monteoliveto with its Fountain and the church of Sant'Anna dei Lombardi.
context_section_description: The original architect is not certain, although sources claim the architect was the little known Gabriele d'Angelo. It is known that Giovanni Francesco di Palma worked on some of the external decorations during 1548 and 1549.
  The main facade, on Via Monteoliveto, has a rusticated stone brick base for a first floor. The second floor has marble-framed windows surmounted by circular niches with busts. The tall windows rise on a marble cornice, and are separated by Piperno rock pilasters with mixed doric-corinthian capitals. The ensemble breaths an elegant sobriety akin to that of contemporary palaces in Rome, such as the Palazzo Vidoni Caffarelli. 
  The entrance portal was designed and built by Mario Gioffredo in 1766. During this time, the interior was frescoed by Giuseppe Bonito, Francesco de Mura, and Fedele Fischetti. In addition, a fourth wing to close the central courtyard was completed. The palace underwent restorations after a fire during the revolution of 1848 severely damaged the palace; the architect was Gaetano Genovesi. A third floor with balconies was added in the 19th century; these were removed in the 20th century and the circular niches with busts restored.
caption: Detail of Entrance
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