Ducal Palace of Sassuolo

Ducal Palace of Sassuolo

The palace, also known as “Delizia” (delight) for its architecture enhanced by fountains and surrounded by gardens, for the beauty of its interior decorations and for its fine location in the broad valley of the Secchia river, stands as a true gem of northern Italian Baroque.
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Ducal Palace ticket office mob. 389 2673365
urp@comune.sassuolo.mo.it
http://www.gallerie-estensi.beniculturali.it/palazzo-ducale/
Sassuolo (MO)
{ "description": "Piazzale della Rosa, 41049 Sassuolo, Modena, Italia", "lat": 44.54235879999999, "lng": 10.7803211 }
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ART AND CULTURE
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The 311 paintings are distributed throughout the thirteen rooms in line with a chronological itinerary that spans the 16th and the 19th century, though not in perfect order, given the need to decorate the walls also according to balance and the harmonious relationship between the various works. Painters include Domenico Carnevali, Lavinia Fontana, Giacomo Cavedone, Elisabetta Sirani, Francesco Stringa, Benedetto Gennari, Sisto Badalocchio, Bernardo Strozzi, Giovan Battista Crespi, Giacomo Zoboli, Francesco Vellani and Adeodato Malatesta.", "type": "unstyled" } ], "entityMap": {} } }, "2d2bb061-958f-4b15-ab91-b2866a5d86d5": { "@type": "text", "text": { "blocks": [ { "data": {}, "depth": 0, "entityRanges": [], "inlineStyleRanges": [], "key": "4v5aq", "text": "Reduced fee: Euro 3,00", "type": "unstyled" } ], "entityMap": {} } }, "43c649ba-7f4d-4763-b371-b975c98e3745": { "@type": "text", "text": { "blocks": [ { "key": "2q4rk", "text": "Working on the large complex of the Palace, which also includes the palatine chapel dedicated to Saint Francis and the magnificent Peschiera, was the Roman architect Bartolomeo Avanzini, inspired by the famous Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the structural renovation and decorative Baroque solutions, as well as renowned set designers, particularly the Reggio Emilia native Gaspare Vigarani, who was also active at the court of Louis XIV of France.", "type": "unstyled", "depth": 0, "inlineStyleRanges": [ { "offset": 131, "length": 9, "style": "ITALIC" } ], "entityRanges": [], "data": {} } ], "entityMap": {} } }, "47cbdc7a-67fb-4c3c-a6ab-672c1b439f40": { "@type": "text", "text": { "blocks": [ { "key": "d0d1b", "text": "In the thirteen new rooms that complete the itinerary on the piano nobile of the Ducal Palace of Sassuolo, restored between 2009 and 2012 with funding from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, and in a part of the Ducal Apartments, 374 artworks (311 paintings and 63 sculptures) were put on display between 2014 and 2015, taken from the storage rooms of the Galleria Estense in Modena, almost all of which had never been publically exhibited before.", "type": "unstyled", "depth": 0, "inlineStyleRanges": [ { "offset": 61, "length": 12, "style": "ITALIC" } ], "entityRanges": [], "data": {} } ], "entityMap": {} } }, "5530f7d0-ecb5-4bd3-80d5-a4d8d7b5a240": { "@type": "text", "text": { "blocks": [ { "key": "bevq5", "text": "The artworks on display vary in quality and state of preservation, with many still to be ascribed, dated or sourced. 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