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Upper decumanus of the ancient urban plan, Via Santa Maria della Pietà is the most significant urban street for civil construction in Sorrento: following the recurring pattern in Roman town planning, it had an orthogonal layout for the organization of military encampments. Today here we can admire remarkable examples of medieval architecture.
It is a road that is always in half-light, perfect for a pleasant walk in the coastal town: it goes from Badger Square at the entrance to the Cathedral of Saints Philip and James.
Along the way it is possible to admire Veniero Palace, Correale Palace, and the Loggia of vico Galantario.
Important evidence of the late Byzantine and Arab taste dating back to the 13th century: it was precisely these stylistic elements that spread to the South between the 12th and 12th centuries that allowed us to estimate the period of construction of the Veniero Palace. The facade has a decorative pattern with three arched openings on each floor, large windows with a decorative pattern in which wide bands of yellow tuff and gray tuff alternate.
The vestibule consists of the half-covered quadrangular courtyard with barrel vaults supported by piperno half-pillars. On the right side by climbing some stairs one goes to a covered gallery through which one enters the rooms. Through two more flights of stairs, one goes to the upper floors with uncovered galleries, and the interior of the building is very neat compared to the facade.
A building with a completely different character than the nearby Verniero Palace, it follows the influence of Catalan fashion and pays more attention to architectural and sculptural detail. It dates back to the 14th century and belonged to the family Correale from which it takes its name: the facade of the palace has archiacute mullioned windows in dark tufa of various shapes and designs, with small arches and lobed rosettes; it has a marvelous ogive window that rests on short polystyled piers supported by corbels, topped by Gothic capitals and acanthus leaves; the portal is characteristically Neapolitan with a depressed arch decorated with durazzesco-catalanesque silhouettes.
In the 17th century, the palace was purchased by Abbot De Persio and converted into a retreat for orphan girls named after St. Mary of Mercy.
A rare example of architecture from the Aragonese period with influence from the Tuscan masters who worked in Naples in the second half of the 15th century: it is supported by columns with capitals decorated at the corners with acanthus leaves and originally resembled the guest quarters of the villa at Poggioreale but is now incorporated into modern structures.
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