Mercedari Palace or the Palazzo Mercedari is a palace and civic and ethnographical museum in

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, Italy. It was built in the 18th century as a convent for the Fathers of Meredari, attached to the S. Maria delle Grazie sanctuary. Today, the palace contains the library and museum. It often hosts classical music recitals. On December 18, 2004, Japanese pianist

Atsuko Seta (born March 4, 1955, in Osaka) is a Japanese classical pianist. She is particularly successful in Poland, especially in the southwest of the country, regularly performing with the Sudeten Philharmonic Orchestra in Walbrzych and in her native Ja ...

performed at the palace.

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