Palazzo San Benedetto is the main seat of Amalfi’s Town Hall, housing offices and the city library.
The offices spread over the three-floor building; the ground floor is accessible from Corso delle Repubbliche Marinare, the first and second floors from Largo Francesco Amodio, while the Public Library, located on the first floor, is accessible from Supportico S. Andrea.
Amalfi’s town hall has an ancient history; it was built in 1579 as the seat of the Benedictine women’s monastery of the Holy Trinity, which is why it also houses a church. The building has also incorporated another medieval church, S. Marco de lo scario, first documented in 1308 and which is now used for as premises for the Italian Post Office. The structure also incorporated the rooms of another medieval church, that of S. Marco de lo scario, documented in 1308, and today home to the Italian Post Office. The building’s current name, Palazzo San Benedetto, is a direct derivation from the name of the female Benedictine convent and church that is now dedicated to San Benedetto.
On the second floor, behind the portico that precedes the entrance, we come to the council chamber, dedicated to the artist Domenico Morelli.
The building stretches as far as the street that runs along Corso delle Repubbliche Marinare; on the same side, there is also a ceramic panel made by Diodoro Cossa, pupil of the master ceramist Renato Rossi, in 1968, which depicts the history of Amalfi.
