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Palazzo Municipale di Ferrara

Palazzo Municipale di Ferrara

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Palazzo Municipale di Ferrara

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Location: Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Martha Pan

April 28, 2022

This medieval city is beautiful. The walls are still very well preserved, beautiful and clean. City on a human scale and optimal for cycling with its beautiful cycle paths.

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Explorer

December 24, 2016

The original core of the building was begun in 1245 along the Via Cortevecchia; assumed its present size between 1472 and 1481. The main entrance, located in front of the cathedral called Volto del Cavallo, is flanked by the equestrian statue of the Marquis Niccolò III and that of the duke Borso d'Este seated on the faldistorio with the scepter in the act of administering justice. The equestrian statue of Nicolò III was hoisted in 1451 on a singular type of support inspired by the Roman triumphal arches or according to another hypothesis to the column-shaped pedestals that would recall Roman imperial models present in Constantinople. The construction of the equestrian monument was entrusted to the Florentine sculptors Antonio di Cristoforo (the figure of the marquis), Nicolò Baroncelli (the horse) and Meo di Checco, better known as Bartolomeo di Francesco, for the marble parts. However for its realization the marquis Leonello d'Este took advantage of the advice and judgment of Leon Battista Alberti. The statue of Borso, completed in 1454, was first placed in front of the Palazzo della Ragione and its death in 1472 transferred to its current location.
Those: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Municipale_(Ferrara)

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Simpson 24

November 16, 2020

The Palazzo Ducale Estense, today the Municipal Palace, was built starting from the 13th century by the Estensi, lords of Ferrara since 1264, in front of the Cathedral, founded in 1135, around which, precisely at that time, the center of power was consolidating citizen.

Note the 2 statues on the face: the equestrian one of the longest-serving Marquis of Ferrara, Niccolò III d'Este, and the seated one of Borso d'Este, first Duke of Ferrara. It is interesting that the statue of Borso itself has 4 cherubs at the four corners of the base, which in turn hold up a shield: these figures represent the 4 races of the palio called by the new duke for the celebrations of the new title in 1471 (race of cherubs, putti, donkeys and horses).

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