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Palazzo Hercolani, Bologna

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179: 29: 194:. Whilst the facade has classic restraint, the internal grand staircase and internal decorations are evidence of the late-Baroque or Rococo ornateness. On the first floor is a room frescoed likely by 241:. Both overlook the garden of the Palazzo, which in its heyday contained a "magnificent large garden, part French and part English, adorned with factories, small mountains". 280: 270: 285: 88: 178: 250: 28: 81: 275: 207: 166:, which now serves as the offices for the Political Science Department (Facoltà di Scienze Politiche) of the 167: 238: 219: 233:
Of particular note are two ground-floor rooms, the neoclassic Zodiac Room with frescoes probably by
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The palace we see today was commissioned in 1785 by aristocrat Filippo Hercolani; the architect was
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depicting Homer, Pindar, Hesiod and Democritus. Two rooms were decorated in chinoiserie style by
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and the Winter Garden room - the ‘woodland’ painted by
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Paolo Monti
Rococo
Bologna
Coordinates
44°29′28.594″N 11°21′14.267″E / 44.49127611°N 11.35396306°E / 44.49127611; 11.35396306
Rococo
Neoclassic
Bologna
University of Bologna

Paolo Monti
Angelo Venturoli
Pedrini
Davide Zanotti
Giovanni Battista Frulli
Luigi Busatti
Antonio Basoli
Gaetano Caponeri
Flaminio Minozzi
Vincenzo Martinelli
Basoli
Rodolfo Fantuzzi
Entry in City Tourism Website
Categories
Houses completed in the 18th century
Palaces in Bologna
Neoclassical architecture in Bologna
18th-century architecture in Italy

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