In
1906, the south side of the palazzo Barolo was demolished to widen and
rectify the current Via Corte d'Appello: in the street pavement the
trace of the original perimeter of the building still remains. Following
the demolitions, a terrace was built in place of a pre-existing
courtyard and the Green Chamber was rebuilt, which contains a fresco by
Luigi Morgari representing The Wedding of Peleus and Teti.
Guest
of the Falletti Marquises after the publication of "Le mie prigioni",
the writer Silvio Pellico stayed for many years in the palace, whose
room is part of the tour of the Palazzo museum. Pellico helped Giulia di
Barolo in her works of charity, even teaching in schools founded by the Marchesa.
The
staircase occupies the central space of the building in place of the
traditional location on the side as in the typical seventeenth-century
palaces. The
decorative arrangements of the ground floor and some rooms on the piano
nobile date back to the end of the seventeenth century; the stuccos are by Pietro Somasso, the paintings by Francesco Trevisani and the frescoes by Legnani.
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Exquisitely beautiful shots!
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