The Palazzo Ferrari Sacchini is a

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-style aristocratic palace located at Via Giosuè Carducci #11 in central

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, region of

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in Italy. The palace also is referred to as the ''Palazzo Ferrari-Sacchini-Calciati-Costa'' referring to subsequent owners. The palace is now home to the local ministry of the treasury.

History

The palace was designed circa 1680 putatively by the architect

Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena (18 August 1657 – 3 January 1743),"Galli-Bibiena, Ferdinando" (dates, Farnese dynasty, to Barcelona for Karl VI),''Encyclopedia of Austria'', 2006, aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at webpag."Ferdinando Galli Bibiena Online" (overview ...

under the patronage of Count Corrado Ferrari. The facade has a rusticated stone base. At the piano nobile rises monumental pilasters. The window tympani are decorated playfully with various sculpted items including helms, scallops, and shields. The roofline frieze is bracketed densely. The central portal has an 18th-century wrought iron balcony. The grand staircase is richly decorated with stucco, work attributed to Provino Dalmazio della Porta, as well as quadratura frescoes. In the panels are depictions of an allegory of Apollo. The Interior rooms include frescoes depicting ''Victory of Fame over Time'' and ''Triumph of Caesar'' by Robert de Longe and ''Apollo and Satyrs by Giovanni Battista Natali''. The palace was once decorated by still lives painted by Marcantonio Rizzi.Turismo Piacenza
entry on palace.

References

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