Palazzo Re Enzo
The Palazzo Re Enzo (Palace of King Heinz) is a 13th-century palace in the Italian city of Bologna .
The building was built in 1245 as an extension of the municipal palaces of the Palazzo del Podestà and for this reason it was named Palatium Novum , although its name was repeatedly associated with that of King Heinz for historical reasons .
The construction
Three years after its construction, the palace became a prison for King Heinz of Sardinia ( Re Enzo in Italian ), son of Emperor Frederick II , who was captured in the Battle of Fossalta . King Heinz was locked up in the castle of Anzola dell'Emilia for a few days and then transferred to Bologna . Heinz remained a prisoner in the city until his death in 1272. Antonio di Vincenzo had the Sala del Trecento (Room of the Three Hundreds) built in 1386 , which was later turned into a city archive, while the top floor was designed by Giovanni Giacomo Dotti in 1771 has been thoroughly renovated. Finally, in 1905, Alfonso Rubbiani renovated the facade of the building in the original Gothic style. To the right of the palace is the entrance to the chapel of Santa Maria dei Carcerati (Holy Mary of the Prisoners), where the prisoners sentenced to death said their last prayers before execution. The carroccio and the war chariots were kept on the ground floor, the mezzanine was home to the offices of the pretore , the highest judicial office in medieval Italy, and another small chapel, which was later converted into a notary archive ( Archivio Notarile ). The outer facades of the palace, which face Piazza Nettuno , Via Rizzoli and Piazza Maggiore , are each decorated with different bosses , which were renovated in 2003.
The legends of Re Enzo
There are numerous legends about the capture and imprisonment of King Heinz of Sardinia , which the chroniclers passed on through time. It is reported of a first failed escape from the castle of Anzola dell'Emilia , which was attempted before the king was transferred to Bologna . Emperor Friedrich subsequently offered the city of Bologna such a huge ransom for his son, which could have been used to build new city walls, but the Bolognese refused to accept it. According to other sources, the king spent his imprisonment time with other inmates during the day and at night he was locked in an iron cage hanging on the lid, from which he was constantly monitored. The administration allowed King Heinz to visit women. In his legacy, Enzio recognized three biological daughters, although legend has it that he had a son with a poor farmer's wife, Lucia di Viadagola . The child is said to have been called Bentivoglio, after the words that the king would often have whispered to his lover: Amore mio, ben ti voglio (darling, I love you). This son is said to have been the chief of the Italian noble Bentivoglio family, who ruled the city in the following centuries. The king is said to have tried to escape hidden in a wine box, but an old woman is said to have recognized him because the king's long blond hair that hung out of the lid caught her eye. After 23 years of imprisonment, the king died and, if he wished, was buried in the Basilica San Domenico . His body remains still there.
literature
- Anna Laura Trombetti Budriesi, Valeria Braidi, Raffaella Pini, Francesca Roversi Monaco (eds.): Bologna Re Enzo e il suo mito (= Bologna medievale ieri e oggi 1). Con testi di AL Trombetti Budriesi, V. Braidi, R. Pini, F. Roversi Monaco, C. Zanetti, M. Rossi. Edizioni CLUEB, Bologna 2002, ISBN 88-491-1816-3 .
- Paola Foschi, Francisco Giordano (Ed.): Palazzo Re Enzo. Storia e restauri. Con testi di P. Foschi, F. Malaguti, A. Antonelli, G. Marcon, R. Scannavini, A. Ranaldi, F. Giordano, A. Santucci. Costa, Bologna 2003.
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Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′ 39.7 " N , 11 ° 20 ′ 35.8" E