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Palazzo Natta

Palazzo Natta

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Palazzo Natta

Name: Palazzo Natta
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Location: Novara, Piedmont, Italy

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1. Duomo of Novara – Palazzo Natta loop from Novara

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2. Duomo of Novara – Baptistery loop from Novara

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3. Basilica of San Gaudenzio – Palazzo Natta loop from Sant'Antonio

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April 20, 2025

Palazzo Natta is an ancient historical-noble palace in the city of Novara, in Piedmont. Today it houses the Province of Novara and the prefecture.
In the place, already in Roman times near the Cardo (corresponding to the Cavour and Mazzini courses) and the Decumanus (corresponding to the Cavallotti and Italia courses), there was the aristocratic district of the city in the Middle Ages, called Contrada delle torri lunghe. Around the 13th century the Counts Caccia di Mandello and Castellazzo, a noble and ancient family from Novara, built their residence there, of which the civic tower with the clock is preserved today; documented as early as 1268 and called Torre grande.

Later the building was acquired by the Natta d'Alfiano and Natta Isola di Casale families, who rebuilt and enlarged it between the 16th and 18th centuries. The main project of 1580 is attributed to the famous architect Pellegrino Tibaldi, who composed a square-plan palace centered on the internal porticoed courtyard and with a rear garden aligned perspectively on the main axis of the building.

The courtyard, surrounded by a portico on Doric columns, has a compass rose made with river pebbles on the pavement, also repeated in the garden. A monumental staircase leads to the first floor, where the rooms are decorated with frescoes by the painter De Giorgi. After the unification of Italy, the palace was raised by one floor and the two final ramps were added to the staircase.

The garden, restored in 1998, is centered on a fountain in pink Baveno marble and is closed by an eighteenth-century exedra in rocaille style that frames a trompe-l'œil.

it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Natta

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Palazzo Natta

1. Duomo of Novara – Palazzo Natta loop from Novara

2. Duomo of Novara – Baptistery loop from Novara

3. Basilica of San Gaudenzio – Palazzo Natta loop from Sant'Antonio

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