ehind its tremendous neoclassical facade is the tale of a house with a storied past. Memories and testimonies that have survived time grace an inner courtyard where a coat of arms bearing a half-rearing horse reveals the name of the palazzo’s former owners, the noble Ruffo di Castelcicala family. . Never backward. Thus reads the motto, which overlooks the piperno rock stairs and arches that lead to each of the three floors. These clues derived from the property’s aristocratic past allowed architect
