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DUCAL PALACE
This is the seat of the Municipal
Hall and of the Naturalistic Museum of Parco delle Pianelle. It
can be considered, together with San Martino Basilica, the most
representative monument of Martina artistic and archietectonic
estate.It was built in the second half of the XVII cent, for the
will of Petracone V Caracciolo, in the same place where once
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This building is a combination of art of the
salento area and of the work of local masters.
At the entrance there is an arch with bas-relieves in the
trabeation. In the rooms, Domenico Carella’s paintings represent
biblical scenes, mitology and court life.
VIRTUAL VISIT OF
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STABILE PALACE Stabile Palace (in via
Masaniello) is a peculiar and spectacular palace, with a
singular verticalism on its façade, that was before the seat of
the fascist party.
There are three floors, a wonderful portal with two framed
windows and peculiar balconies with capitals adorned by small
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UNIVERSITY PALACE IThe University
Palace (that in the past was the seat of the local Parliament)
was built in 1478 by King Ferdinando d’Aragona.
It is in Piazza Plebiscito and it has a luxury façade
embellished by the
Municipal Tower, next to it, that was built in 1734. |
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