Palazzo Curato di Lucera

The imposing building, built in the second half of the nineteenth century by the Curato family, is a fabulous example of neoclassical architecture with a Vanvitellian flavor. The building was built by the architect Giuseppe Pisanti, who was trained in the aura of Carlo Vanvitelli, son of the most famous Luigi, author of the Royal Palace of Caserta. The Cures, belonging to the agrarian bourgeoisie and originally from Troy, emphasized through the realization of this superb residence their own economic and social rise.

The classical-shaped building has a strictly symmetrical façade that develops on two levels, playing on the two orders of classical architecture: on the ground floor the decorations follow the Doric style, on the first floor the Ionic one. The façade, enriched with balconies and windows surmounted by triangular gables and lithic decorations, has a portal with two massive Doric columns on which the epistilium rests.

After the portal opens a large courtyard, around which the rooms of the residence develop. Among the beautiful frescoed rooms of the noble floor, reachable through a marble staircase, stands out the so-called "living room of mirrors".