The Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio is a Medieval palace located on Via Castiglione number 8, in central Bologna , region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The merlonated brick Gothic -style building is now the civic Museum of the History of Bologna . It stands across the street from the Baroque -style Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande , now a civic art gallery.
13-468: The land for the palace was acquired in 1276 under the aristocrat Romeo Pepoli . In 1344, Taddeo Pepoli, son of Romeo, commissioned the building of the palace. The Pepoli family owned the palace until 1910. After the death of Agostino Siero Pepoli, the palace was ceded to the municipality. In 2004, the Fondazione Carisbo acquired the palace and led to the establishment of the present museum of
26-458: A leading role in the political scene of the city. The House of Pepoli reached its apogee in the first half of the 14th century. The family took power as Lords of Bologna during the chaotic struggles between Guelfs and Ghibellines in the city. In August, 1337, Taddeo Pepoli orchestrated an armed occupation of the city and gained support for his election as Lord of Bologna. While initially reluctant to acknowledge Pepoli, Pope Benedict XII sent
39-531: Is a Baroque style palace on Via Castiglione 7 in central Bologna , region of Emilia-Romagna , Italy. In 2015, it served as a public art gallery for late- Baroque art. Across the Via, rises the medieval Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio , also once pertaining to the same family, which now serves as a museum of the history of Bologna. The palace was built in the mid-1600s by designs by Francesco Albertoni and Giuseppe Antonio Torri , and commissioned by Count Odoardo Pepoli of
52-595: The bishop of Como , a Parravicini , to the city. The papal nuncio delivered the keys of the city to Taddeo , appointing him papal vicar for a three-year term. With this title Taddeo obtained the legitimacy to his office. These episodes are commemorated in two ovals frescoed in the 17th century by Canuti in the stairwell entrance of the Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande , across the street from the Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio. Their seat in
65-565: The History of Bologna (Museo della Storia di Bologna). Restoration occurred under architect Mario Bellini . 44°29′33″N 11°20′48″E / 44.4926°N 11.3467°E / 44.4926; 11.3467 This article about a palace in Italy is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pepoli The Pepoli family was an Italian aristocratic banking family of Bologna , in northern Italy . They were lords of
78-636: The Pope . The ceilings are decorated with frescoes: The walls of these rooms display a collection of paintings, the core of which arose from the canvases assembled by the Zambeccari family; this collection was once located in Palazzo Zambeccari . In 1788, the paintings was willed to a public museum by marchese Giacomo Zambeccari, and became part of the Pinacoteca of Bologna in 1884. Over
91-532: The aristocratic Pepoli family. In the 20th century, the new owner Edvige Campogrande donated this floor to the city for the establishment of a museum. The entrance has monumental staircase leading to a piano nobile with frescoed rooms. The ceiling of the staircase has two ovals (1665) framed by stucco and painted by Domenico Maria Canuti , depicting the Nomination of Taddeo Pepoli to be a Lord (Senator) of Bologna and when Taddeo Confirmed as Apostolic Vicar of
104-507: The city for thirteen years in the fourteenth century. A branch of the family moved to Trapani in Sicily and were granted several feudal lordships and baronies. The presence of the family in Bologna seems to have been documented since the last decade of the eleventh century. The testament of Romeo Pepoli's Zerra, written by Rolandino de 'Passaggeri on 8 October 1251, shows the presence of
117-473: The city was Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio , constructed by Taddeo Pepoli . The Pepoli maintained dynastic alliances through well-considered marriages: Obizzo III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara , married Jacopa Pepoli in 1317 and the condottiero Roberto Alidosi , papal vicar and lord of Imola , was given Giacoma Pepoli. The commune of Castiglione dei Pepoli in the Italian Province of Bologna still bears
130-454: The family in the area of via Castiglione at that time. From the beginning, the Pepoli had established a prominent banking house in Bologna and became among the richest families in Italy at that time. For this reason, the chessboard used to count the relationship between different coins was adopted as the family's coat of arms. After years of private financial activity, the family eventually took
143-480: The family's name. After the rule of Taddeo Pepoli (1337-1347), Bologna fell to the Visconti of Milan. While Cardinal Gil de Albornoz forcibly returned the city to the papal orbit in 1360, the Pepoli never regained their former civic power. The family remained prominent landowners. Guido Pepoli was ordained cardinal by Pope Sixtus V in 1589. The imposing Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande was commissioned in 1653 by
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#1732779784645156-580: The newly minted Senator Odoardo Pepoli; the architects were Giovanni Battista Alberoni and Giuseppe Antonio Torri . Today it houses the Baroque works once in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna . A later member of the family, conte Carlo Pepoli , wrote Vincenzo Bellini 's libretto for I Puritani and provided the lyrics for Rossini 's song " La Danza ". To him Giacomo Leopardi dedicated one of his canti . Napoleone Gioacchino Pepoli
169-456: Was a senator of the Kingdom of Italy , Mayor of Bologna , and Italian envoy to Russia. Moreover, he was also a grand-nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte through his mother, Princess Louisa Julie Caroline Murat the daughter of Prince Joachim Murat - Napoleon's brother-in-law . Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna The Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande , also known as Palazzo Pepoli Nuovo ,
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