ARCHITECT, Italian
(active 1477-1482 in Bologna)

Exterior view

1477-82
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Palazzo Sanuti Bevilacqua, Bologna

The building of this palace was commissioned between 1477 and 1482 by jurist Niccolò Sanuti and his spouse Nicolosia to an architect and workers perhaps from Tuscany or Ferrara. Although this is one of Bologna's main architectural endeavours of the time, it does not recall the local architecture of the period, still hanging on Medieval and Gothic styles. Its many stylistic choices, such as the lack of arcades and the use of smooth-angled ashlar similar to the Palazzo dei Diamanti by Biagio Rossetti in Ferrara are not typically Bolognese. The use of grey stone from Porretta is instead linked to the Sanuti's fief in Porretta. The entrance opens on to a charming courtyard with two overlapping open galleries with stone relief and brick decorations.

The importance of this noble residence is confirmed by the choice of Pope Paul III to move there some of the sessions of the Council of Trent in 1547.




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