The Palazzo Zambeccari at 11 Via Carbonesi is a Neoclassical urban palace in central

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, region of

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, Italy. It is located diagonal to the facade of

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, and in 2015 was home to offices of the Banco Popular di Milano SCRL.

History

The palace was designed in 1775 by

Carlo Bianconi Carlo Bianconi (1732 – August 15, 1802) was an Italian painter, engraver, and architect. Biography He trained in Bologna with Ercole Graziani the Younger in Bologna. He created many engravings of antiquities. In Bologna, he worked with Ma ...

. The grand staircase has

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, and other ...

Giovanni Santi Giovanni Santi ( – 1 August 1494) was an Italian painter and decorator, father of Raphael Sanzio. He was born in 1435 at Colbordolo in the Duchy of Urbino. He studied under Piero della Francesca and was influenced by Fiorenzo di Lorenzo. He was ...

and

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with stucco decoration (1790) by

Luigi Acquisti Luigi Acquisti (1745–1823) was an Italian sculptor mainly known for his works in the neoclassical architecture, neoclassical style. He was born in Forlì the 29 March 1747 and died in Bologna in 1823. His works are distributed throughout Italy ...

(1790). The piano nobile has a room decorated with a fresco depicting ''Olympus'' by Giuseppe Maria Roli and

Giacomo Alboresi Giacomo Alboresi (1632–1677) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Biography Born in Bologna, he was a pupil of Domenico Santi, under whom he worked seventeen years, devoting himself above all to the painting of birds and small figures i ...

.Pitture scolture ed architetture delle chiese, luoghi pubblici, palazzi, e case della Citta di Bologna
by Carlo Cesare Malvasia, Stamperia del Longhi, Bologna (1792). page 165-168. The interior courtyard was roofed in glass during a modern refurbishment.

References

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