Description
The Seminary Palace is the archiepiscopal seminary of Brindisi, in Piazza Duomo, the Cathedral square. Its facade, completed in 1720, is considered the finest example of Baroque in the city.
The facade has eight allegorical statues: mathematics, oratory, ethics, theology, philosophy, jurisprudence, poetics and harmony. Inside there is a fine chapel.
The palace was commissioned by Archbishop Paolo de Villana Perlas and built by the Lecce architect Mauro Manieri, with a facade that seems to echo the Oratory of the Filippini and the Collegio di Propaganda Fide in Rome. The 1743 earthquake probably damaged part of it.
Materials from the basilica of San Leucio were reused to decorate it, such as the white marble and the doors of the facade. Besides the seminary, the palace houses the Archiepiscopal Library and is the archbishop's residence.
The facade has eight allegorical statues: mathematics, oratory, ethics, theology, philosophy, jurisprudence, poetics and harmony. Inside there is a fine chapel.
The palace was commissioned by Archbishop Paolo de Villana Perlas and built by the Lecce architect Mauro Manieri, with a facade that seems to echo the Oratory of the Filippini and the Collegio di Propaganda Fide in Rome. The 1743 earthquake probably damaged part of it.
Materials from the basilica of San Leucio were reused to decorate it, such as the white marble and the doors of the facade. Besides the seminary, the palace houses the Archiepiscopal Library and is the archbishop's residence.