Palazzo Dosi-Magnavacca, Pontremoli
The Palazzo Dossi-Magnavacca is a prominent Late-Baroque palace in the town of Pontremoli in the province of Massa and Carrara, Region of Tuscany, Italy. It is still the property of the Magnavacca family.
History[]
The palace was commissioned by a rich merchant and Marquis of the Dosi family, and built during 1742-1749 using designs of the painter and architect Giovanni Battista Natali.
The palace entrance includes a scenic interior staircase leading to the Piano Nobile. It contains a vedute by . The large salon is decorated with Rococo stucco work, and painted with mythologic frescoes with quadratura by Natali and figures by Giuseppe Galeotti. Among the subjects is a Triumph of the Dosi Family in the ceiling, and in the walls, Neptune and Galatea, Mercury seeks to free Proserpine from Hades, and the Rape of Europa.[1]
References[]
- ^ Turismo in Lunigiana, entry on Palace.
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