Edificio nobiliare settecentesco costruito, per volontà di Giovanni De Lieto nel 1734 per ospitare il primo ospedale di Maratea. Durante il XIX secolo l’ospedale di Maratea fu dichiarato distrettuale e nel secolo successivo si spostò nell’ex convento dei Paolotti. Il palazzo abbandonato negli anni ’90 del XX secolo è stato restaurato ed oggi è di proprietà del Ministero dei Beni Culturali e viene utilizzato per attività culturali.
Situated in the old village of Maratea, the palace rests on a large rocky spur. It develops on two floors and is equipped with large halls. The upper floor features long loggias, interspersed with arches with worked jambs. It preserves the original stone portal. This is presented with a large wooden door, supported by stone and tuff lintels. The jambs and arches are made of square stones, and on the keystone is the coat of arms of the De Lieto family. Above the pediment there is a plaque inscribed:
(Hospital built, at his expense, by Giovanni De Lieto, in the year 1734. Oronzo, of the same family, wanted to remind posterity with this plaque.)
Inside it houses a permanent collection of artifacts recovered from the seabed of the islet of Santo Janni. The rooms hold numerous lead anchors as well as transport amphorae, many of which bear the factory mark. These objects certainly were part of the cargo of a shipwrecked olive oil ship. Moreover, studies have shown that many amphorae contained garum, a delicious fish sauce consumed at rich patrician tables.
Information about Palazzo De Lieto – Archaeological Exhibition
Via Gafaro,, 1
85046 Maratea (Potenza)
0973 877676
Source: MIBACT
