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Palazzo Arcivescovile
Palazzo Arcivescovile may refer to: *Archbishop's Palace (Naples) The Archbishop's Palace ( it, Palazzo Arcivescovile) is a building in Naples, Italy. It is the official residence of the Archbishop of Naples. The building is located on the square ''largo Donna Regina'' one block north of the Cathedral of Naple ... * Episcopal Palace, Siena * Palazzo Arcivescovile (Ferrara) * Palazzo Arcivescovile (L'Aquila) * Palazzo Arcivescovile (Trento) {{disambiguation Buildings and structures disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishop's Palace (Naples)
The Archbishop's Palace ( it, Palazzo Arcivescovile) is a building in Naples, Italy. It is the official residence of the Archbishop of Naples. The building is located on the square ''largo Donna Regina'' one block north of the Cathedral of Naples directly across from the church of Donna Regina Nuova. Together, the cathedral and the Archbishop's Palace form a vast, connected complex. The original structure was built in 1389 at the wishes of Cardinal Archbishop Enrico Capece Minutolo on the site of an old early Christian basilica. The building seen today, however, is largely the result of reconstruction and expansion of the premises under Cardinal Archbishop Ascanio Filomarino Ascanio Filomarino (1583 – 3 November 1666) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, who was Archbishop of Naples from 1641 to 1666. Early life Filomarino was born in Naples to the noble family of the dukes Della Torre. Eldest of the five sons o ..., completed in 1654. That reconstruction was most proba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Palace, Siena
The Palazzo Arcivescovile or Archbishop's Palace of Siena is the official residence of the archbishop and the offices of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino. The neo-Gothic architecture building is located adjacent to the Cathedral of Siena. History Before 1660, this building to the Northeast flank of the Cathedral entrance housed the canons and the rector or the cathedral, while the bishop lived in a palace at the southwest flank of the church. This building was joined via a loggia to the cathedral. The site was reconfigured in the mid 17th-century, during the reign of the Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667), when the bishop's palaze was razed, and this palace was enlarged and refurbished. Construction persisted for nearly a century. The loggia linking the former palace to the cathedral was built into an adjoining wing. The plans called for the entire three stories, already built on a slope, to be faced with white and black marble, as was completed for the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palazzo Arcivescovile (Ferrara)
The Archiepiscopal palace of Ferrara, commissioned by the cardinal legates Tommaso Ruffo, was built in its recent form starting from 1717. It is located in Corso Martiri della Libertà next to the Cathedral of San Giorgio.Francesco Scafuri pp. 231-235.Gerolamo Melchiorri p. 64 History At least until 1172, the bishops had at their disposal, within the primitive Ferrarese city walls laid out exclusively near the ancient course of the Po di Primaro, a building at the church of Santo Stefano, and this was before the city's religious and political centre moved further north than before, during the period of the city's expansion. With the construction of the new cathedral to replace the basilica of San Giorgio fuori le mura, a new bishop's palace was built from the end of the 12th century, smaller in size than the modern building. Subsequently, at the behest of bishop Giovanni Tavelli da Tossignano, starting in 1441, the primitive bishop's residence was enlarged with a new wing that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
