Palazzo Di Biase-Di Lella-Baranello

This palazzo is a blunt, rectangular block of a building, its form dictated by a practical need to stack space on a sloping site. Two floors rise above ground, but the drop in the land allows for at least one semi-basement level, a clever piece of urban engineering. The walls are rendered stone, and the lower floors are vaulted, while the upper storeys rely on flat wooden ceilings, a typical hierarchy of materials, with heavier stonework below and lighter timber above. The roof is pitched and covered with traditional clay tiles, its principal structure also in wood. Today, the building contains three residential units and a storeroom, a modest domestic arrangement that likely reflects centuries of subdivision. It is not a grand statement, but a sturdy, workmanlike piece of the city’s fabric, built to last and quietly adapted to the lives of those who have inhabited its plain, functional rooms.

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