 It is thought it was constructed for the newly married Pompeo Muti Papazzurri and Maria Isabella Massimo.A print of 1699 shows a large townhouse built around an open cour d'honneur, the court being entered through a triumphal arch at the centre of a Baroque screen linking the two flanking wings.The screen still remains but has today had rooms built above it, thus completely altering the open appearance of the palazzo to a plain closed façade.