Benedetto Croce: an apartment with spectacular views in Palazzo Marigliano

Benedetto Croce was a great Italian Intellectual, historian and politician, who wrote numerous topics including philosophy, history, historiography and aesthetics. In 1886 he moved to Naples and devoted a great deal of time to philosophy and independent intellectual writing. He later founded the newspaper “Il Giornale” which was printed within the walls of Palazzo Marigliano and quickly became the South of Italy’s most important daily newspaper. Croce was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen time.

The history of the building
The courtyard remains to this day the center of the building: it once housed cellars, warehouses, a 15th century oven which remains intact and stables which hosted horses until the 1930s.
During the bombings of 1943, the building was hit by three bombs. The Palazzo was restored in the post-war period by Don Francesco Marigliano del Monte. It is thanks to him, with the help of publishers and bankers, that “Il Giornale” printed by Arte Tipografica and signed by Benedetto Croce (the liberal philosopher) was established in the Palazzo. Currently, some of the most prestigious and traditional Neapolitan artisans including the Antica Legatoria, the Doll Hospital, Tiziana D’Auria Presepi and Materia Mediterranea can be found within the Palazzo’s courtyard.