Palazzi in Tirano
Palazzi in Tirano ( Italian singular : Palazzo ), in the Italian province of Sondrio , Lombardy region , are more or less palatial secular residential and representational buildings built mainly during the Graubünden rule (1512–1620 and 1639–1798) . Most of the palazzi are in the historic old town of Tirano , a few on the other side of the Adda in the suburbs. Originally the old settlement center of Tirano was located here on the right side of the Adda, but after a landslide in the Middle Ages it was largely relocated to the left side of the Adda, today's old town , which is why most of the preserved palazzo can be found on the left side of the Adda .
Several of these palazzo initially bore the name Palazzo Venosta , named after members of the Venosta family who built or lived in them and who were well represented in the region. To distinguish this eponymous palazzo, the name of the family that later lived in it is sometimes added (e.g. Palazzo Venosta-Andres ora Giacomoni or Palazzo Venosta ora Mazza or Palazzo Venosta ora Quadrio Curzio ). In some cases, this is also the case with other Palazzo in Tirano (e.g. Palazzo Omodei ora Pradella-Noli ).
Many of these palazzi are open to the public; today there are museums, exhibition halls, hotels or bars, galleries, public institutions, etc. or at least guided tours through some rooms are offered.
The palazzi are listed according to the first letters of the common Italian name, not according to their location in Tirano or the time they were built.
Palazzo Andres
The Palazzo Andres (also: Palazzo Venosta-Andres ora Giacomoni ) is in the Via Visconti Venosta, is number 6 and is next to the Palazzo Buttafava obliquely vis-à-vis is the Palazzo Visconti Venosta and the Venosta Chapel: Chiesa dell 'Angelo Custode ( Guardian Angel Church ). Nearby are the remains of Porta Bormina . In Via Visconti Venosta there are a total of five of the historical Palazzo of Tirano and thus this street has the greatest density of palazzi in Tirano and it shows the historical importance of this street.
The palazzo originally belonged to the Venosta family and dates from the 16th century . The building has largely retained its original structure and is in poor condition from the outside. In the pointed arches of the windows under the roof there are faces painted on, which were probably modeled on some of the original owners.
In the building you can see frescoes from the 16th century with various coats of arms and decorations. In the years 1625–1626 lived in the Palazzo François-Annibal d'Estrées (Marquis de Coeuvres) and in 1635 Henri II. De Rohan as guests of the owner during the Graubünden turmoil in the Valtellina .
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Palazzo Buttafava
The Palazzo Buttafava is located in Via Visconti Venosta between the Palazzo Anders and the Palazzo Omodei (Pradella-Noli). Diagonally opposite is the Palazzo Visconti Venosta and the Venosta Chapel: Chiesa dell'Angelo Custode .
The palazzo originally belongs to the Venosta family and dates from the Renaissance , the time of upheaval from the Middle Ages to the modern era in the 15th and 16th centuries. The building was later passed on to the Negri family and then to the Buttafava family. Numerous changes have been made to the building. The two large portals are striking. The building features remarkable railings, an atrium with graffito decorations, a wide staircase and a large hanging garden.
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Palazzo D'Oro Lambertenghi
The Palazzo Lazzaroni ora d'Oro Lambertenghi is located in Via Ligari, next to Plazzo Mazza . Around the corner, in Via Salis / Piazza Salis, is the Palazzo Salis .
The palazzo dates from the Renaissance (15th and 16th centuries) and was built by the Lazzaroni family and later expanded. It was originally laid out as an easier to defend "tower house" and later two wings were added. The fourth side was later closed by a high stone wall with access through a thick wooden door, which was replaced by a railing with an elegant forged gate (early 18th century). The building changed hands several times until it was acquired by the notary Giuseppe Lambertenghi in 1881.
Today the building is a museum house, which contains furnishings from the Lambertenghi family and exhibits from the area, which can be viewed by arrangement (two floors). There is also bed and breakfast accommodation in it. It is said to be the only Italian museum that is open to the public, but is still inhabited by the owners.
Web links
- Website of the Palazzo Lambertenghi
- Biography degli amministratori , Provincia di Sondrio.
Palazzo Foppoli
The Palazzo Foppoli (also: Palazzo Quadrio-Foppoli ) in Via Maurizio Quadrio 4 is located outside of the historic city center of Tirano in the suburbs on the opposite side of the Adda, opposite the Porta Poschiavina .
The palazzo dates from the 16th century and was built by Ludovico Quadrio, a lawyer and originally from Grosio. In 1674 it was sold to the Marchesi family. The family sold the building and two more to the sanctuary of Madonna di Tirano . Around 1760 it housed a tavern until the Foppoli family bought it and then Bernardino Mazza. His son, Mario Camillo Mazza, handed it over to the Tirano municipality on February 8, 1971, who had it converted into an exhibition hall.
The building has a very characteristic round stone portal, an inner courtyard with a surrounding balcony and a hall on the ground floor with an imposing fireplace (in the Sala del Camino ). Above the portal is a painting depicting the scene of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin to Mario Omodei (see: Basilica Madonna di Triano). The entrance to the tavern that was formerly located here is still visible on the side of the main portal. On June 10, 2006, a plaque was unveiled in memory of Bernardino Mazza, Magdalene and Cosimina Foppoli.
Palazzo Marinoni
The Palazzo Marinoni in Largo Pretorio 2 is located in the center of the historic old town of Tirano. Originally built as a monastery of the Augustinians, who were present in Tirano from the 15th to 17th centuries, and structurally linked to the Church of Sant'Agostino , it was privatized after the dissolution of the order and since 1812 it has housed part of the municipal office of the city of Tirano.
The spacious palazzo with its trapezoidal basic structure dates from the 15th century and renovations took place over and over again.
literature
- Tirano guida: Tirano: guida storico-turistica. Sondrio 1971
- M. Gianasso: Guida turistica della provincia di Sondrio. Sondrio 2000, p. 323.
- Tirano cartolina: Tirano in cartolina: appunti ed immagini dalla manifestazione "I 500 anni delle mura di Tirano". Tirano 2001
Palazzo Mazza
The Plazzo Mazza (also: Palazzo Venosta ora Mazza or Palazzo Mazza Venosta ) is located in Via Ligari (No. 5), next to the Palazzo Lazzaroni ora d'Oro Lambertenghi and in the historic old town of Tirano.
The palazzo dates from the 16th century and was built by the Venosta family, later sold to the Quadrio family and in 1853 to the Mazza family. The current basic structure of the building probably dates from the second half of the 16th century. In the building there are several halls, an inner courtyard and a garden. Noteworthy is the 17th-century wood-paneled living room on the ground floor with caryatids and atlases carved into the wood.
Palazzo Merici
The Palazzo Merici is located in Viale Italia ( Strada statale 38) in Tirano.
The building in the Italian variant of Art Nouveau (Liberty style) was constructed in 1902 by Ugo Girolamo, the architect of Merizzi Zanchetta, a student of Brera. It is in the Venetian Gothic style and complemented with local styles.
Palazzo Merizzi
The Palazzo Merizzi is located in Via Torelli (32), at the corner of Via XX Settembre and Via Salis. Nearby is the Palazzo Omodei (Pradella-Noli) in the historic old town of Tirano. The Palazzo Venosta - Quadrio Curzio is about fifty meters away
The building goes back to its original basic structure in the 16th century and was renovated by the Merizzi family in the 17th and 18th centuries. The facade is characterized by two large, simple stone portals with round arches, one of which leads into the square courtyard, which was almost entirely built in the 18th century. This has a square floor plan and is characterized by columns and pillars. The windows are framed with stucco decorations. In the courtyard there are verandas and loggias with the coats of arms of the women married to Merizzi. The four coats of arms come from: the Merizzi family, Maria Venosta di Tirano, Caterina Grana and Anna Maria Lucini.
Inside, the building has, among other things, three halls painted with carved wooden panels and decorations in the Louis quatorze style . Some rooms in the palace were painted by painters from Malcantone ( Ticino ). In the palazzo there is also the archive of the Merizzi family with documents from 1510 to 1800 and 150 medieval parchments and the old family trees of the Tyrolean families von Wolkenstein and Schlanders.
Half of the building is owned by the Merizzi family, the other half is owned by the Chiesa-Sena and Scalcini family, who are related to them.
In cooperation with the city of Tirano, the inner courtyard is used for concerts, exhibitions and other events.
Web links
- Biography degli amministratori , Provincia di Sondrio.
Palazzo Omodei (Pradella-Noli)
The Palazzo Omodei (Pradella-Noli) (also: Noli-Pradella , Omodei Ciboldi or Palazzo Omodei ora Pradella-Noli ) is located in Via XX Settembre (No. 52). A little below is the Palazzo Merizzi and above the Palazzo Buttafava . A little further down in Via XX Settembre in the direction of the Church of San Martino is the Palazzo Venosta - Quadrio Curzio .
The basic structure dates from the 16th century. The palazzo was rebuilt several times until the 18th century. In the palazzo there are numerous elements of the late baroque , a round arched gate and stone-framed windows. The inner courtyard has an arcade and a loggia.
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Palazzo Parravicini
The Palazzo Parravicini is located in the historic old town of Tirano in the street of the same name (Via Parravicini). It stands a little apart from the other palazzi near the Porta Milanese . On the Piazza Parravicini, opposite the Palazzo, the Mariano Spasmo church was built by the Merizzi or Parravicini family (also: Paravicini or Paravvicini) in 1664.
The building from the 16th century in the Renaissance style had a stately facade, of which little can be guessed due to the poor state of preservation. Due to the division in the hereditary path, there is no organizing force for the maintenance and uniform design. Before the Palazzo Marinoni became the seat of the municipal administration in 1812, the building is said to have been used as a meeting place.
The piazza Parravicini has a traditional charm with the surrounding rural buildings, the church and the fountain.
Palazzo del Penitenziere
The Palazzo del Penitenziere (also: Palazzetto del Penitenziere or Casa del Penitenziere , dt. : House of Pönitenziar ) is located on the Piazza della Madonna del Tirano vis-à-vis the Basilica Madonna di Tirano and below the church of Santa Perpetua .
The rectangular, three-story palazzo was built around the middle of the 18th century and originally served as the residence of the rector of the neighboring basilica. The building was later used for various purposes, most recently as a private home. The structure of the building was changed again and again. Since 1990 the Museo Etnografico Tiranese has been located there (founded in 1973, the collection was in the Palazzo San Michele from 1973 to 1990 ). In the basement of the palazzo a large wine press and a press for the production of nut oil were installed.
literature
- M. Gianasso: Guida turistica della provincia di Sondrio. Sondrio 2000, p. 321.
- Lombardia Guida: Lombardia, Guida d'Italia del Touring Club Italiano , Milano 2005, p. 402.
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Pievani Palace
The Palazzo Pievani (also: Palazzo Pievani-Arcari or Palazzo Grana Pievani ) with the adjoining, former church of San Giacomo is located between Via San Giacomo and Via Arcari. The Palazzo Foppoli is only a few meters away . The Arcari Garden ( Italian : Giardino Arcari ) is located behind the Palazzo, with a narrow entrance from Via Arcari. It is an inviting and well-tended patrician garden that is used for readings and meditations and for a wide variety of cultural events.
The buildings originally located here from the 12th century were destroyed in the Middle Ages by a landslide from Monte Masuccio . Only the 12th century bell tower of the Church of San Giacomo, which still exists today, was spared. During the Graubünden rule (1512–1620 and 1639–1798) the palazzo and the church were rebuilt in 1580 by the then owners, the Grana family.
The main part of the palazzo consists of two buildings that are partially connected to one another with the long side and have had two different owners for several years. The right part, with the church of San Giacomo, belongs to the city of Tirano, the left part to the Pievani family. The church and this part of the building were donated to the city of Tirano by Maria Pievani, widow of Paolo Arcari, in order to set up and run a public library named after her husband Paolo and their daughter Paola. The "Paolo e Paola Arcari" library was inaugurated in 1974 and contained around 30,000 books from the Pievani family as well as old and rare books inherited from Guido Luigi Pievani. This library existed here until 1994 and has since been relocated.
In front of the palazzo is the private piazzetta "Antonio and Mario Pievani" with a striking black and white patterned stone pavement, from which the stone-framed main entrances to both parts of the palazzo are made. On the eaves of the building on the left on Via San Giacomo there is a wrought-iron, dragon-shaped gargoyle.
The Church of San Giacomo was consecrated in 1591 by Bishop Feliciano Ninguarda and profaned in 1915 .
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Palazzo Pretorio
The Palazzo Pretorio from the 16th / 17th century was the seat of the Podestà during the Graubünden rule (1512–1620 and 1639–1798). It is located near the Porta Poschiavina .
The building extends over three floors. On the ground floor there are commercial spaces and frescoes in the vault of the entrance hall. The town hall of Tirano is on the upper floors. In 1890 a sundial was painted on the palazzo.
The palazzo belongs to the municipality of Tirano.
literature
- Tirano guida: Tirano: guida storico-turistica. Sondrio 1971, tav. 5
- Scuola territorio: Scuola e territorio esercitazioni interdisciplinari dell'indirizzo per geometri / Sul front .: Istituto Tecnico Commerciale e per Geometri "B. Pinchetti" , Tirano 1995, p. 98.
- D. Monigatti: I Grigioni a Tirano 1512–1797: Testimonianze curiosità tracce. Poschiavo 1997, pp. 13-15.
- M. Gianasso: Guida turistica della provincia di Sondrio. Sondrio 2000, p. 323.
- Tirano cartolina: Tirano in cartolina: appunti ed immagini dalla manifestazione "I 500 anni delle mura di Tirano". Tirano 2001, p. 48.
- Chiese Torri: Chiese, torri, castelli, palazzi: i monumenti della Legge Valtellina. Montagna in Valtellina 2004, p. 204.
Palazzo Salis
The Palazzo Salis (also: Palazzo Sertoli Salis ) is located in Via Salis. Nearby, around the corner in Via Ligari, are the Palazzo Lambertenghi and the Palazzo Mazza .
The most famous museum of this type in the Valtellina is located in the Palazzo Salis, several rooms and the chapel of the approximately 40 rooms have been well restored and are open to the public. Tours with electronic guides are offered in several languages.
The palazzo is still owned by the Sertoli Salis family.
See also main article: Palazzo Salis .
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Palazzo San Michele
The Palazzo San Michele is located next to the Basilica Madonna di Tirano on Via Sondrio (No. 15), SS 38 , in the Piazza della Basilica.
The Palazzo San Michele is owned by the municipality of Tirano and was formerly a monastery and was built in the early 16th century. It was called the Casa de la Madonna and was built for pilgrims visiting the sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of Tirano. later it became Hostaria granda , a kind of pilgrim hotel . At the beginning of the 20th century until 1960 the palazzo was used as a barracks for the Guardia di Finanza . In the 1970s, two wings of the building were destroyed. From 1973 to 1990 the Museo Etnografico Tiranese was located in this palazzo before moving to the Palazzo del Penitenziere on the other side of the church square. In 1983 the building was extensively renovated.
The building has a portico on two sides and a loggia on two floors with green stone columns and round arches, large salons and cellars. Today some social services are based here.
literature
- Opera don Guanella di Tirano: Il San Michele vicende e recupero di un Palazzo. Sondrio 1984, Mitta Data publishing house.
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Palazzo Torelli
The Palazzo Torelli is located on the corner of Via Sant'Agostino (No. 19) and Via Torelli in the old town of Tirano. At the southern end of Via Torelli is the Torre Torelli .
The palazzo originally belongs to the Misasi family, who had it built, and dates from the Baroque period. The Palazzo then became the property of the Torelli family. Palazzo was Luigi Torelli was born (1810-1887) and he lived here (on the facade of the Palazzo there is a memorial plaque to Luigi Torelli).
Today the building is dominated by the baroque portal with a balcony. Of which, by Antonio Caimi on the occasion of the visit of St. The facade painted by Charles Borromeo in Tirano (1580) has remained almost no trace. The interiors are frescoed with squares and scenes, presumably by Giovan Battista Muttoni .
Palazzo Venosta - Quadrio Curzio
The Palazzo Venosta - Quadrio Curzio (also: Palazzo Venosta ora Quadrio Curzio or Palazzo Quadrio-Curzio ) is located in Via XX Settembre in the old town of Tirano. Opposite the palazzo is the church of San Martino.
The renaissance palazzo clearly shows the wealth of the old families in Tirano to this day. The palazzo was rebuilt in its present form in the 18th century. The facade with the Venetian window (Serliana) under which the main portal is located is dominant .
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Palazzo Visconti Venosta
The Palazzo Visconti Venosta is located in Via Visconti Venosta, opposite the Palazzo Buttafava and the Palazzo Andres .
The Palazzo has belonged to the Venosta family since about the middle of the 18th century, who redesigned it to the form it has preserved today. The baroque entrance portal and the stairs are worth mentioning.
In the first half of the 19th century the brothers Emilio Visconti-Venosta (1829–1924, five times Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Italy from 1863 to 1901) and Giovanni Visconti-Venosta (1831–1906, Italian writer and politician) spent part of their youth here . Giovanni Visconti-Venosta was a. a. Author of the ballad by Prode Anselmo , which was composed in the Palazzo.
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Torre Torelli
The Torre Torelli in Via della Repubblica is not a historical defense structure and not part of the city fortifications. It is about a building with which Luigi Torelli wanted to make his claim to political rule in Tirano visible around 1810 . This five-storey tower , in the style of historicism ( neo-Gothic style in the romantic era ), is provided with a battlement wreath and dovetail battlements (merlatura), but without any military-strategic significance.
The tower is said to have been used as a breeding building for silkworms.
Web links
- Guido Scaramellini: Le fortificazioni in Valtellina, Valchiavenna e Grigioni (Italian)
literature
- Martin Bundi: Tirano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2012 .
- Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 390.
- Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore 1999, ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Tirano Online
- Tirano on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
- Gianluigi Garbellini: "Tirano. Il centro storico"
Web links
- Official website of the city (Italian)
- Comunità Montana Valtellina di Tirano (Italian)
- Historical recordings of the Tirano station
- Palazzo Salis
- Museo Etnografico Tiranese
- Palazzi in Tirano on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ Palazzo Anders, Palazzo Butafava, Palazzo Omodei (Pradella-Noli) and Palazzo Merizzi on the right and the Palazzo Visconti Venosta on the left.
- ↑ Puerta Bormina y Palazzo Venosta-Andrés .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Il Centro Storico , website of the municipality of Tirano.
- ↑ See also the notice board on the building.
- ↑ See also the notice board on the building.
- ^ Tirano (Palazzo Lambertenghi) .
- ^ Sleeping in the Museum , Neue Zürcher Zeitung from June 5, 2015.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Passeggiando per Tirano , website: waltellina.com.
- ^ Giuliana Vogel: Palazzo Lambertenghi: dormire in una casa museo , July 8, 2011.
- ↑ Palazzo Foppoli .
- ↑ Ivan Bormolini: Il palazzo Foppoli ei suoi passaggi di proprietà , CULTURA E SPETTACOLO, May 17, 2018.
- ↑ IVAN BORMOLINI: Nel cuore di piazza Parravicini tra arte e nobili personaggi , May 18, 2017.
- ↑ Merizzi House .
- ↑ a b c d Tirano , website: neoslogos.org.
- ↑ a b c d e Palazzo Merizzi - via Torelli, Tirano, Sondrio - Fine del XVII secolo .
- ↑ Il contributo valtellinese all'Unità d'Italia .
- ↑ Madonna di Tirano , website of the municipality of Tirano.
- ^ A b Ivan Bormolini: "LE NOSTRE VIE": LA PIAZZA PARRAVICINI .
- ↑ IVAN BORMOLINI: Nel cuore di piazza Parravicini tra arte e nobili personaggi , May 18, 2017.
- ↑ Tirano .
- ^ Palazzetto del Penitenziere - Tirano, Sondrio - XVIII secolo - Proprietà del Comune di Tirano .
- ↑ Ethnographic Museum Tiranese .
- ^ Il Museo , website: museotirano.provincia.so.it.
- ^ Il Giardino Arcari di Tirano .
- ↑ Guido Luigi Pievani, married to Corinna Visconti Venosta, died in 1912 and left the palazzo to four children: Carlo, Antonio, Maria and Antonietta. The division of the inheritance was lengthy and dragged on until around 1930. The establishment of the library, the one-sided orientation and the costs associated with the renovation of the building were controversial in Tirano.
- ↑ Website: Palazzo Pievani , “le famiglie”.
- ↑ PASSEGGIANDO PER TIRANO , website: waltellina.com.
- ↑ a b Palazzo Pievani-Arcari (già Grana) - Tirano, Sondrio - XVI secolo .
- ↑ Ivan Bormolini: Le vicende storiche di Palazzo Pievani .
- ↑ Website: Palazzo Pievani , “le famiglie”.
- ^ Palazzo Pievani .
- ↑ Ivan Bormolini: Le vicende storiche di Palazzo Pievani
- ^ Palazzo Pretorio Tirano (SO) .
- ^ Tirano (Palazzo Sertoli Salis) .
- ↑ Ivan Bormolini: Due passi nella storia di piazza della Basilica , April 27, 2018.
- ^ Il Museo , website: museotirano.provincia.so.it.
- ^ Palazzo San Michele - Tirano, Sondrio - XVI secolo .
- ^ Seconda metà dell'ottocento , website: bandamadonnaditirano.it.
- ^ Palazzo Torelli .
- ^ Poschiavo - Valtellina excursion report from the Swiss Castle Association.
- ↑ l. Begalli: Tirano, la torre Torelli ceduta a imprenditore , website: laprovinciadisondrio.it of September 29, 2011.