Palazzo Hercolani (Forlì)
Palazzo Hercolani is a palace in Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. There is also a Palazzo Hercolani (Bologna), Palazzo Hercolani in Bologna. Until 1844 it belonged to the ancient Hercolani Family of Forlì. The last Hercolani heir living in the palace was Fabrizio Gaddi Hercolani, son of Cesarina Hercolani and Lepido Gaddi Hercolani. In 1844 Fabrizio sold the palace to Count Sesto Matteucci, who engaged in a great number of renovations, although the palace plan was still left unchanged. The palace was the product of the unification of three different buildings. Sesto Matteucci gave the palace front a more homogeneous look and improved the palace facilities and decorum. In 1866 the palace became a possession of the Guarini family, when Vittoria Matteucci marries Count Filippo Guarini. In 1946 the palace was sold by last Guarini heirs to the cooperative society Karl Marx. The palace houses a work of the Italian painter Pompeo Randi named ''La Beata Vergine del Fuoco con i Santi Mer ...
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