Palazzo Ducale (Modena)

Modena: Palazzo Ducale (former ducal palace, today military academy)

The Ducal Palace ( Palazzo Ducale in Italian ) in Modena was the seat of the Este family between the 17th and 19th centuries . The palace has been home to the renowned Accademia Militare since 1862 .

history

In 1288, the Marquis of Ferrara Obizzo d'Este took control of Modena. He initially had a castle built on this site, but it was destroyed and rebuilt several times over the centuries. In 1629, Francesco I. d'Este commissioned a number of well-known architects to design a representative mansion palace instead of a castle. Work on this building began from 1634 under the supervision of Gaspare Vigarani , continued by Bartolomeo Avanzini and Gian Lorenzo Bernini . Also Girolamo Rainaldi , Pietro da Cortona and Camillo-Guarino Guarini were involved in the construction.

On the occasion of the wedding of Rinaldo d'Este to Charlotte Felicitas von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , Marcantonio Franceschini was commissioned in 1696 to decorate the ceiling of the central hall of honor ( Italian Sala d'Onore ) with a fresco.

In the square in front of the facade of the palace (formerly Piazza Ducale , later Piazza Reale , today Piazza Roma ) stands the monument to Ciro Menotti , created in 1879 by Cesare Sighinolfi . This elongated facade has three watchtowers and a flight of stairs that lead from the courtyard up to the first floor. Inside the building there are several halls adorned with frescoes and paintings of the d'Este family, a throne room and a rococo-style room with golden panels called the “Salottino d'Oro” (“Golden Room”).

The former ducal gardens, a park with a botanical garden and a small art museum, are attached to the Palazzo Ducale.

Web links

Commons : Palazzo Ducale (Modena)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Modena - Palazzo Ducale and the Este Botanical Garden on visitmodena.it (English)
• Il Palazzo Ducale di Modena. on terredimodena.it (Italian)
• Accademia Militare di Modena. on spazioweb.esercito.difesa.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Palazzo Ducale in Modena. from Urlaubsziel.com, accessed February 23, 2013.
2. ↑ Palazzo Ducale ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on ipalazzi.it, accessed on February 23, 2013. (Italian) 

Coordinates: 44 ° 38 ′ 54.2 "  N , 10 ° 55 ′ 45.8"  E