The Palazzo Dall'Armi Marescalchi is a
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
style palace in central
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...
, Italy.
The palace was initially constructed in 1466, and rebuilt in 1613 by
Floriano Ambrosini. The Marescalchi name was added when Eleonora D'Armi married Senator Vincenzo Marescalchi.
In the 1700s, further lands and gardens were added. In the 19th century further reconstruction was pursued. The scientist
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (; 25 April 187420 July 1937) was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system. This led to Marconi bei ...
was born in the palace. In 1961 it was acquired by the Ministry of the Treasury, and converted to house the ''Soprintendenza per i Beni Ambientali e Architettonici'' of the Province of Emilia. Some of the rooms on the main floor retain frescoes by
Ludovico Carracci
Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci (21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light t ...
and
Guido Reni
Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religiou ...
. The large oval hall was frescoed by
Felice Giani in 1780.
The palace suffered during the bombardments of World War II.
Memoria di Bologna
entry on palace, by Silvia Benati.
References
Houses completed in 1466
Houses completed in 1613
Palaces in Bologna
1613 establishments in Italy
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