Palazzo Ripa
- Type
- Historic palaces
- Area
- City centre
- Time
- about 10 min
- When
- any time, evenings included
On Via Carmine stands Palazzo Ripa, a sixteenth-century noble house with clean, symmetrical lines. It is named after the family that owned it: Giovanni Leonardo Ripa, mayor in 1588 and 1589, lived here.
On the ground floor, the round-arched portal beneath a dentilled cornice, with the Ripa coat of arms. On either side, two small symmetrical doorways, each with a small square window above. On the upper floor, five rectangular windows.
Sadly the palazzo is abandoned today: look at it from the street.
Nearby
- Church of Sant'AnnaSmall and unassuming, the church of Sant'Anna is one of the oldest in Brindisi.
- Church of Santa Maria degli AngeliSanta Maria degli Angeli is one of the churches of Brindisi's old town, a few steps from the other sights in the area.
- Church of San BenedettoSan Benedetto is one of the finest Romanesque churches in the city, and it is still open for worship.
- Tempio di San Giovanni al SepolcroSan Giovanni al Sepolcro is one of Brindisi's most unusual monuments: a round Romanesque church built by the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre…