Palaces, Villas and Castles

From the Middle Ages, it was built as the residence of the Vicar of the Podestà, then passed into the ownership of the Opera di San Cerbone and finall… Read the rest

Villa Lysis is a special and mysterious place, inextricably linked to the figure of Jacques d’Adelswärd Fersen, the Parisian nobleman who took r… Read the rest

Since prehistoric times, the hill of San Giusto housed a castelliere (fortified borough) which, in Roman times, became the site of an important urban… Read the rest

Casa Terni is the most evident representation of Art Nouveau in Trieste. In Piazza della Repubblica at the corner of Via Dante and Via Mazzini up to V… Read the rest

Hidden inside a courtyard within an ancient doorway, which is often closed (a pity) we find the Loggia and Odeo Cornaro. The Loggia and the Odeo, re… Read the rest

With the building of the palace as a residence, commissioned by Ubertino in 1338, the Carraresi family affirmed its power in Padua. The area of land… Read the rest

Popularly referred to as "Il Salone", the Palazzo della Ragione is in fact one of the largest covered rooms in Italy and has no equal in Ita… Read the rest

Behind the Liviano Palace and the Cathedral, in via dell’Accademia, we find the only part that has remained intact to symbolise the grandeur of… Read the rest

At the corner of Via S. Francesco and Via degli Zabarella we find Palazzo Zabarella, perhaps one of the most significant surviving testimonies to the… Read the rest

Palazzo Hercolani, or Ercolani, is a large Rococo or Neoclassical palace in Strada Maggiore in the historical centre of Bologna, which houses the Scho… Read the rest