Palazzo Forti
The Palazzo Emilei Forti is a historic city palace in the old town of Verona . It was created from the connection of the medieval palace of Ezzelino da Romano with the Renaissance palazzo "Emilei-Forti". For a long time it housed the Galleria d'arte moderna Palazzo Forti . In 2012 the opera museum Arena MuseOpera AMO opened in Palazzo Forti .
Building history
The palazzo is part of a building ensemble that is located on a former Roman site. The origins of the building go back to the 13th century, but today only one part of the building can definitely be dated to this time: the Ezzelino da Romano wing, which was named after Ezzelino da Romano, the tyrannical "capitano del popolo", the Verona ruled from 1232 to 1259 after his marriage to Selvaggia , the illegitimate daughter of Frederick II . After the violent death of Ezzelinos, the building was rebuilt several times - especially during the rule of the noble Scaliger family .
Interventions in the building structure
Over the years, the medieval structure has been subjected to three major changes. The first intervention took place in the middle of the 15th century after the Emilei family had acquired the building to move from their fiefdom Montirone near Brescia to Verona in 1416. They converted the palazzo into a residential building - with living rooms, library , garden , courtyard, etc. The second intervention took place in the 16th century.
The third intervention took place in the 18th century, with the main facade being redesigned by the architect Ignazio Pellegrini . The Palazzo developed into an important meeting place for important cultural workers , politicians and artists. Napoleon Bonaparte stayed here with Francesco Emilei , the police chief of Verona, who was later sentenced to death by a tribunal as an insurgent led by Napoleon himself , who was deaf to the requests of Silvia Curtoni Verza , a noblewoman who was with the Francesco Emilei had a love affair.
Pietro Emilei , an ardent supporter of the Carbonari Association, then owned the palazzo, who for financial reasons had to rent the first floor of the building to the Austrian commandant's office under Josef Graf Radetzky . This was followed by an expansion of the building to Via Massalongo.
During the Austrian occupation, the building enjoyed the greatest public awareness. Finally, Pietro Emilei was imprisoned in Salzburg because of his membership in a secret society . On his return to Verona in 1854, he sold the building to Israele Forti , who immediately began to renovate the building completely .
In 1937, the celebrated botanist Achille Forti and the last of the Forti line left the building complex to the city of Verona so that it could be used as a museum of modern art. The city of Verona initially put this wish into practice. But after just a year the museum had to close again. After the Second World War it was first used as an art school and then as an administrative building for the city council until around 1950 .
In 1966, Professor Licisco Magagnato directed further renovation work and uncovered the medieval structures. Meanwhile, museum operations were resumed briefly and with interruptions until the Museum Galleria d'arte moderna Palazzo Forti opened in 1982 .
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Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 43.4 " N , 10 ° 59 ′ 55" E