Palazzo Barbieri is a Neoclassical style palace located in

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in Central

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...

; it now serves as the

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. The palace was originally named ''Palazzo della Gran Guardia Nuova'', and housed staff associated with the occupying

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Army forces. It was designed by

Giuseppe Barbieri Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giusep ...

and was later named in his honor. Construction began in 1836 and was completed by 1848. The interiors contain a large canvas (1595) by

Felice Brusasorzi Felice Riccio (1542–1605) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, born and mainly active in Verona. He is also known as ''il Brusasorci'' or ''Brusasorzi'' or ''Felice Brusasorci''. He was the son of the painter Domenico Riccio. H ...

depicting the victory of the Veronese over Benacensi in the year 829. Others who worked in the studio or contributed were

Alessandro Turchi Alessandro Turchi (1578 – 22 January 1649) was an Italian painter of the early Baroque, born and active mainly in Verona, and moving late in life to Rome. He also went by the name Alessandro Veronese or the nickname ''L'Orbetto''. His style ...

Pasquale Ottino Pasquale Ottino or Ottini (1578 in Verona – 1630 in Verona), was an Italian painter. Biography Ottino was a pupil, alongside Alessandro Turchi, in the studio of Felice Brusasorci. After the master's death in 1605, he completed alongside Turchi ...

, and

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. A 14th-century fresco depicting a ''Crucifixion and the Madonna'' from a private house was implated into the wall near the entrance. One room has tapestries from the 16th century. One designed by

Paolo Farinati Paolo Farinati (also known as ''Farinato'' or ''Farinato degli Uberti''; c. 1524 – c. 1606) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style, active in mainly in his native Verona, but also in Mantua and Venice. He may have ancestors among Flore ...

depicts the ''1164 Victory of the Veronese against

Frederick Barbarossa Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (german: link=no, Friedrich I, it, Federico I), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on ...

''. Tha palace also contains various paintings by

Carlo Ferrari Carlo Ferrari (1813–1871), called il Ferrarin, was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Verona and studied sporadically at the Cignaroli Academy of Fine Arts there, while practising as a copyist and restorer in the studio of the fresco ...

and

Eugenio Gignous Eugenio Gignous (4 August 1850 – 30 August 1906) was an Italian painter born in Milan, which when he was born was part of the Austrian Empire. Biography The son of a silk merchant from Lyon, Gignous displayed a precocious talent for painting an ...

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