Palazzo Penne

It was built by Antonio da Penne, secretary of King Ladislas of Durazzo, near the small square which represented the first entry to the city in the year 1406. The building combines Catalan and Tuscany elements (central panel in front). The inner courtyard has a portico with five arches on pillars, each with four reasons corner, leaves Cardo. The various buildings are lit from within, As for the facade, there are three rows of studs with the relief of the pen, and these in turn are supported by eight other rows with the Angevin lily engraved, above which a projecting cornice with brackets to trefoil arches with relief's of crosses and wreaths in honour of Ladislav. Moreover, also in front, there are two verses of Martial engraved, and a long pleated ribbon late Gothic. Over the centuries, the palace passed to various noble families: the first of Rocco, and that of Capano (princes of Pollica and the barons of Velia), who maintained possession for nearly 150 years until, Marco Antonio Capano when it lost for debts game. In 1683 it became the seat of the clerical Somaschi. In the eighteenth century it was bought by a volcanologist, Teodoro Monticelli, who located the collection