Mulino della Corte

On the edge of a communal garden, this Mulino della Corte presents a curious architectural palimpsest. Its main block rises two to four storeys, a composition of two staggered volumes, the principal façade crowned with a crenellated tower. The style is a confident, eclectic Floreate: think medieval battlements married to Liberty flourishes.

The north front is formally ordered, its vertical divisions marked by rusticated pilasters supporting projecting cornices on a rhythm of brackets. Within these bays, the ground floor offers low-arched windows, while above, polylobed French doors open onto balconies with pierced floral inserts. The rear elevations are more restrained, their simple window rhythms a quiet counterpoint.

Construction tells its own story: original masonry blocks were extended in 1928 with reinforced concrete. The later section, with its single-pitch roof of terracotta tiles, sits alongside the flat and terraced roofs of the older core. It is a building that wears its history openly, without nostalgia.

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