Villa Spada, Bologna
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The Villa Spada is a former-aristocratic suburban Neoclassical mansion with a surrounding formal and informal gardens located on Via di Casaglia #3, outside of Porta Saragozza, to the southwest of central
Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
, Italy. Since the 1990s, it houses the ''Museum of Textiles and Upholstery Vittorio Zironi'' (Museo del Tessuto e della Tappezzeria "Vittorio Zironi"). The surrounding gardens in the hill provide views of Bologna.


History

A villa at the site was commissioned initially by the aristocrat Jacopo Zambeccari (died 1795) from the architect Giovanni Battista Martinetti. In 1820, the villa was inherited by the family of Clemente Veralli Spada, and afterwards had various private owners including the Pisa and Levi family. In the 1960s it was passed on to the municipality of Bologna. The gardens have a faux-medieval tower. The interior has sculptures by
Giacomo De Maria Giacomo De Maria (1762–1838) was an Italian sculptor, active in Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in ...
, and has some painting decorations by Serafino Barozzi and Filippo Pedrini.Musei di Bologna


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Villas in Bologna Neoclassical architecture in Bologna Gardens in Emilia-Romagna {{Italy-struct-stub