palazzo, plurifamiliare

This is a townhouse, a multi-family palazzo whose façade follows the crooked line of the street it faces. It rises four storeys, its load-bearing structure a plastered mix of stone and brick. The main elevation makes a virtue of asymmetry: windows, terraces, balconies, and the moulded stone portal are all set askew from the principal axis. Stringcourses separate the floors. Windows rest on stone shelves; the balconies are marble slabs on metal supports, their wrought-iron railings worked into geometric and floral patterns. One terrace is held aloft by a Doric column on a rectangular base; another has a colonnaded balustrade. Figurative friezes and bas-reliefs ornament the walls, and the roofline is a linear cornice with matching floral motifs beneath. The roof itself is pitched. Inside are four dwellings. It is a solid, unshowy piece of urban fabric, its charm lying in the careful handling of irregularity and the quiet craft of its stone and ironwork.

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