Palazzo Servanzi

On the edge of the main square, Palazzo Servanzi occupies a commanding site, its footprint a measured rectangle of 56 by 20 metres. This is no simple block, but a composite form: a road underpass runs through it, and a wing of the building sets itself perpendicular to the rear façade. The construction is a study in varied materials, discontinuous masonry, paired columns and pillars in the internal courtyards, with brickwork dominant. Floors are of wood and brick, with small iron-and-brick vaults; the ground floor has vaults, probably of the traditional incannucciato (reed-and-plaster) technique. Two upper storeys repeat the wood-and-brick floors, all under a pitched roof of terracotta tiles. Two courtyards open the building to the light: a large one to the east, a smaller to the south. It is a palazzo of character, its fabric speaking of centuries of pragmatic adaptation.

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