Dermatology

15. Building complex

Complesso edilizio

Period: the 18th century.
Original use: home.
Today’s use: home.
Roofing: flat with a U shape.
Vaults or attic: pavilion-vault, wooden attic.
Stairs: an external flight of stairs and one internal flight of stairs.
Masonry: Masonry in tuff and lava stones with painted plaster.
Floors: brickwork and concrete pavement in lapillus.
External decorations: corbels in piperno supported by balconies.

In 1847 the artist P. Mattei painted a foreshortening of the actual via G.B. Vico as he was fascinated by the particular nature of the construction that has around it a wide flight of stairs.
In the background the façade of the building is interrupted by various openings: on the long side of many structures various wide arches stand out on several floors; on the short side a delightful loggetta, at one time covered, offers a good support to the scenographic superimposition of the floors.