The Palazzo Bonasoni is a

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-style palace in Via Galliera 21 in central

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, Italy. It stands across the street from the Palazzo Felicini. The site with prior homes belonged originally to the Caccianemici dall’Orso family. By the mid-16th century, it was acquired by the rising nobleman Galeazzo Bonasoni. His family had originally been from San Giovanni in Persiceto and Castello d’Argile, but moved to Bologna by 1472. Galeazzo's father had been a docent in canon law at the

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. In 1544, Galeazzo had been named knight and

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by the

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. Documents suggest that in 1556, Galeazzo employed the architect

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, known like his father as ''il Terribilia'', to help design the palace. The palace passed through various hands. Previously parts of the palace had been frescoed by Mitelli and Bigari, but the works are now lost. It still retains a 16th-century fresco, somewhat damaged, which has been variously attributed to either

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. Some of the sculpture work is by

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(1555). There are some 19th-century frescoes attributed to Girolamo Dalpane and Malvezzi dè Medici (1854). A marble ''Venus'' in a niche in the courtyard is attributed to the 19th-century sculptor Claudia Collina.Istituto per i beni artistici culturali e naturali
of Regione Emilia Romagna], entry on Palazzo Bonasoni.

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{{Reflist Houses completed in 1459 Houses completed in the 15th century Bonasoni Renaissance architecture in Bologna