The Palazzo Turchi di Bagno is a historical palace in

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at Corso Ercole I d'Este 32.

History

It was designed around

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by the architect Biagio Rossetti as part of the grandiose urban planning work known as the

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to create the Quadrivio degli Angeli. The other monumental buildings that make up the apexes of the crossroads are the palazzo dei Diamanti and the

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. The palace was built starting in 1498 and the work was partly supervised directly by Duke Ercole I d'Este before selling it to Aldobrandino Turchi, exponent of the Giocoli Turchi lineage, a collateral branch descending from the Giocoli. The palace was ceded to the military in 1933 and heavily damaged by bombing during World War II. It was later renovated and used as a university and museum building. It has housed the Botanical Garden of the University of Ferrara in the garden since 1962 and in 1964 the then Institute of Geology was transferred there, later becoming the seat of the Department of Biology and Evolution and the Museum of Palaeontology and Prehistory Piero Leonardi.

Description

The architectural structure does not enjoy any particular decoration and follows a rather linear perspective, built with bricks and characterised by the only notable element, the parastas angular white stone with a double order of Corinthian capitals. Also part of the original construction are the entrance portal and the decorated terracotta cornice.ibidem

Notes

Bibliography

Italian sources

* * * * Marcello Toffanello, ''Ferrara. La città rinascimentale e il delta del Po'', Roma, 2005, p. 91.

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