Palazzo San Benedetto, historic seat of the Municipality of Amalfi, is ready to be dressed in new beauty thanks to the upcoming restoration works on the facades wanted by the Municipal Administration led by Mayor Daniele Milano which include the recovery of the plaster and the restoration of the majolica panel created by Diodoro Cossa placed on the wall facing the sea.
«The restoration of the facades of the Town Hall and the restyling of Piazza Municipio are declared objectives of our mandate program. – declares the Mayor of Amalfi, Daniele Milano – We have a clear vision of the City that includes the redevelopment of the “landing gate” to it, from the east.
For this reason we are planning, and then we will implement, further important interventions that we will soon announce to the citizens. Actions that raise the quality of urban environments, to improve the well-being of residents and the quality of the welcome reserved for our guests, also in view of the important national and world-class events that Amalfi will host in the coming months".
The Administration has put in place a financing of approximately 600 thousand euros of resources coming from the municipal budget: the programming, design and execution actions of the contract have been and will be coordinated by the "Private Construction, Urban Planning and Civil Protection" Sector headed by the architect Giuseppe Caso.
The works at the structure, transformed in 1578 into a Benedictine monastery and dedicated to the Holy Trinity, will be conducted under the careful supervision of the Superintendency of Salerno which approved the restoration project presented by the Municipality of Amalfi.
With a planimetric shape that recalls an asymmetric U and in fact delimits on three sides the area of Piazza del Municipio, currently being renovated, the space in which the Palazzo San Benedetto building stands, according to some sources, including the historian Matteo Camera, was previously occupied by the Palazzo dei Dogi Amalfitani and the Mint Workshop.
Already the recipient of a restoration and redevelopment project carried out at the end of the 1980s, the structure will regain its dignity through new restoration and conservative recovery works worthy of a monumental complex of high historical and cultural value.
Article published on 27 February 2025 - 16:11
