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Palazzo dei Diamanti is a Renaissance palace located on Corso Ercole I d'Este 21 in Ferrara, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. The main floor of the Palace houses the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Ferrara (National Painting Gallery of Ferrara).
Palazzo Schifanoia is a Renaissance palace in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna built for the Este family. The name "Schifanoia" is thought to originate from "schifare la noia" meaning literally to "escape from boredom" which describes accurately the original intention of the palazzo and the other villas in close proximity where the Este court relaxed.
The Archiepiscopal palace of Ferrara, commissioned by the cardinal legates Tommaso Ruffo, was built in its recent form starting from 1717. It is located in Corso Martiri della Libertà next to the Cathedral of San Giorgio.
The Municipal Palace of Ferrara is located in Piazza del Municipio 2. It was the ducal residence of the Este family until the 16th century, when the court moved to the nearby Castello Estense. It is the seat of the municipality of Ferrara.
Ferrara is the birthplace of Italian film directors Michelangelo Antonioni and Florestano Vancini. The latter shot in Ferrara his 1960 film Long Night in 1943 . The town was also the setting of the famous 1970 movie The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Vittorio De Sica , that tells the vicissitudes of a rich Jewish family during the dictatorship ...
It was the seat of the court of Ferrara and also of execution of death sentences. The palace was actually a set of buildings that included the tower of the Rebels and the palace of the Notaries. It was built from 1315 onwards, located next to the Cathedral of San Giorgio (Ferrara), on the other side of the then Piazza delle Erbe. [1] [2] [4]
It was founded in 1836 by the Municipality of Ferrara after Napoleon's widespread dissolution of churches threatened the protection of important public artworks. The gallery is formed as much around notable northern Italian painters as it is around the exquisite interior decoration of the palace itself, together with remnants of frescoes from ...
Palazzo Braschi – Last palace committed in Rome by the Pope for their families; Palazzo della Cancelleria – Former papal palace; Palazzo Carpegna; Palazzo Chigi – Seat of the Italian Cabinet; residence of the prime minister of Italy; Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana – Also known as 'Square Colosseum', in the EUR district; Palazzo Colonna