The Palazzo Masdoni is a

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

and Neoclassical-style palace located on Via Toschi #23 in the historic center of the town of

Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...

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. The palaces is notable for its

quadratura Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective ''di sotto in sù'' and ''quadratura'', is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which ''trompe-l'œil'', perspective tools such as foreshortening, an ...

or painted architecture in its two-story ''Sala di Musica'' or ''Music Room''. From 1954 to 1991, it was the provincial office of the Italian Communist party. It rises across the street from the Istituto Omozzoli Parisetti. The original palace was commissioned in the 18th century by the Masdoni family, to be built at the site of a 15th-century house. The architect was Giovanni Maria Ferraroni. The property had diverse subsequent owners including the Toschi starting in 1796, and later the Rocca-Saporiti in the 19th century. In the early 20th century the property was refurbished by

Edoardo Collamarini Edoardo Collamarini (1863–1928) was an Italian architect, active mainly in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. He was born and died in Bologna. He studied there and in Parma. He was friend of Giosuè Carducci, and pupil of Alfonso Rubbia ...

. The monumental interior staircase decorated with stuccoes and statues was designed by Antonio Schiassi. The Music room was designed by

Francesco Vellani Francesco Vellani (1688–1768) was an Italian painter, active in Modena in a late Baroque style. He mainly painted sacred subjects. He painted an altarpiece depicting the ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for the Cathedral of Modena; an ''Immacul ...

.Participare la Democrazia. Storia del PCI in Emilia-Romagna

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