Bufardeci

The Bufardeci palazzo is a study in the orderly logic of the courtyard typology. Its ground-floor rooms are arranged around a central cortile, which is porticoed on three sides, north, east, and west, and entered through a barrel-vaulted androne. From the colonnaded porticoes, two staircases rise: one in the west wing leads to the upper floors, while its symmetrical counterpart now only serves the first floor of the north-east wing. Beneath the portico, a pair of matching staircases on arched ramps ascends to the first floor of the south-west, south, and east wings. The staircase in the east wing opens onto a generous vestibule, which distributes the apartments of the piano nobile. The palazzo’s design is a quiet, efficient choreography of movement, each staircase a deliberate gesture in stone.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.