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Martinelli Palace

An 18th century palace, it was erected on the ancient city walls; of the majestic building, at 26 Via Orazio Comes, from which a long section remains intact, it was owned first by the Bandino family, then by the Carbonelli and Lentini families, and finally by the Martinelli family, who bought it at the end of the 18th century. The Martinellis had come from Mola for commercial reasons, and inhabited it from the early 19th century, after probably renovating the façade.
The long façade has eighteenth-century window-doors, while the monumental entrance portal and the semicircular balconies on the first floor were built and extended in neo-Gothic style around the mid-nineteenth century. The three-storey building overlooks the harbour and has large 18th-century windows with pagoda tympanums and round arches.
A remarkable scenic effect is produced by the loggia, built on three arches, overlooking the harbour with eight ogival arches, in neo-Gothic style, and a balcony with balustrades. Inside, beyond the large entrance hall, there is a courtyard with a beautiful open staircase in an 18th-century three-order loggia. An elegant window and a mixtilinear door-window overlook it.
The Martinelli family, derives (from certain documentation) from the family of the same name from Mola, a city in which it was already present towards the end of the 1500s, as attested by the birth certificate of Clemente, born in 1646, which also mentions the name of the infant's ancestor: another Clemente.
A branch of the lineage with Vito Giuseppe and Vito Giovanni established itself in Mola. Of these, Vito Giuseppe broke away from Mola to 'land' in Monopoli, as he was attracted by the greater trading opportunities offered by the city. Married to Caterina Buttaro from Mola, he had no children and the heir to his property was his nephew Clemente, who had followed him and married Rosa Pizzangroia in Monopoli. From these descended all the local Martinellis. The family, in Monopoli, became related (mainly by a huge fortune) to local noble families, including the Indelli, the Manfredi, the Ghezzi, the Farnararo and foreigners (Noja, Zaccaria, Correale...).


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CREDITS: Comune di Monopoli.


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