Bologna Palazzo Calandrelli
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Palazzo Calandrelli Photos
About Palazzo Calandrelli
This palazzo doesn’t really have an official name although the last owner of it was an unmarried woman by the name of Signorina Calandrelli. Nowadays however, it’s the seat of the Associazione Sindacale and the Associazione Panificatori as well as various other private businesses.
Above a door way in this little courtyard with its beautifully decorated columns and flower plants is a statue from an unknown artist of Monsignor Ludovico Beccadelli dating to 1549. He was a Bolognese archbishop of Ragusa in Dalmazia from 1555-64.
Under the porticoes on the adjacent wing is this large coat of arms of the Calandrelli family. It’s possible that this was the home of the famous astronomer Ignazio Calandrelli in the early 1800s.
In the stairway is another ancient piece of art, quite typical of these buildings. It’s a terracotta statue of the Madonna and Child evidently showing some signs of its age.
The building was constructed in the 1700s and is still in great shape. There are original aspects of interior designs in some of the rooms including chandeliers and now converted gas lamps. Some ancient artwork is displayed but unfortunately most is either deteriorating or even as yet to be discovered under the many years of plaster and paintwork.
Down in the basement is where the building reflects a more sober and claustrophobic characteristic. Its narrow pathway, low ceiling and crumbling walls are justifiably dungeon like. Due to the thickness of the walls and robust foundations here the temperature and humidity changes very little between summer and winter.