Palazzo Tirelli (formerly Gabbi) is a former aristocratic palace located on Via Gabbi #16 in the historical centre 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 ...

, Italy.

History

A palace at this site was originally built was built in the 17th century as the residence for the marquises Gabbi. In the beginning of the 19th century the palazzo was sold to the aristocratic Tirelli family; in 1970, they sold a part of it to a club called Società del Casino, that at present still owns it. The rotary club of Reggio also has its head office on the ground floor. The grand staircase leads to the rooms of the first floor decorated with stucco and frescos of the local painter

Prospero Zanichelli Prospero Zannichelli (1698-1772) was a painter from Reggio Emilia, Italy, who was active in Reggio Emilia, Alessandria Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandr ...

. The biggest room, 13 metres high, is decorated with frescos and 8 paintings that represent ''Homeric scenes'', 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 ...

from

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

. There is a Palazzo Tirelli in Parma.

References

*Derived from Italian Wikipedia entry * * * * Tirelli Baroque architecture in Emilia-Romagna {{Italy-palace-stub