Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio, Bologna

Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio (Museo della Storia di Bologna)
General information
Location Bologna, Italy

The Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio is a Medieval palace located on Via Castiglione number 8, in central Bologna, Italy. It is now the civic Museum of the History of Bologna.

The land for the palace was acquired in 1276 under the aristocrat Romeo Pepoli, In 1344, Taddeo Pepoli, son of Romeo, commissions 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 Comune. In 2004, the Fondazione Carisbo, acquired the palace and led to the establishment of the present museum of the History of Bologna (Museo della Storia di Bologna). Restoration occurred under architect Mario Bellini.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Genus Bononiae Museum website.


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