Palazzo Gazelli

Last updated
Palazzo Gazelli
Torre Gazzelli 2.jpg
Palazzo Gazelli
General information
Type Palace
Town or city Asti
Country Italy
Coordinates 44°53′53″N8°12′05″E / 44.897944°N 8.20125°E / 44.897944; 8.20125
Website
www.palazzogazelli.it

Palazzo Gazelli is a medieval palace located in the city of Asti, Italy. [1]

Contents

The palace includes an imposing tower, which is 24 m (79 ft) high and square in plan with 8.1 m (27 ft) metre sides. It was probably built in the 13th century and presents a few openings: the main door with an ogival arch, and three windows.

History

The palace was created by combining several adjacent buildings and the original owner is unknown.

In 1726 the owning family Cotti di Ceres e Scurzolengo renovated the palace in Baroque style. The work was carried out by architect Benedetto Alfieri.

In 1840 the palace passed to the Gazelli di Rossana family, after which it is now named.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Asti</span> Comune in Piedmont, Italy

Asti is a comune (municipality) of 74,348 inhabitants (1–1–2021) located in the Italian region of Piedmont, about 55 kilometres east of Turin, in the plain of the Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deemed to be the modern capital of Montferrat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grand Canal (Venice)</span> Water channel in Venice, Italy

The Grand Canal is a channel in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palazzo Vecchio</span> Town hall of Florence, Italy

The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's David statue, and the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palazzo Venezia</span> Historic palace in central Rome, Italy

The Palazzo Venezia or Palazzo Barbo, formerly Palace of Saint Mark, is a large early Renaissance palace in central Rome, Italy, situated to the north of the Capitoline Hill. Today the property of the Republic of Italy it houses the National Museum of the Palazzo Venezia. The main (eastern) facade measures 77 metres in length, with a height of about 31 metres. The north wing, containing the "Cibo Apartment", extending westwards, measures 122 metres in length. It covers an area of 1.2 hectares and encloses two gardens and the Basilica of Saint Mark. It was built in the present form during the 1450s by Cardinal Pietro Barbo (1417-1471), titular holder of the Basilica of Saint Mark, who from 1464 ruled as Pope Paul II. Barbo, a Venetian by birth as was customary for cardinals of the Basilica of Saint Mark, lived there even as pope and amassed there a great collection of art and antiquities. During the first half of the 20th century it became the residence and headquarters of the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, who made notable orations from its balcony to huge crowds filling the Piazza Venezia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palazzo Poli</span> Building in Rome, Italy

The Palazzo Poli is a palace in Rome, Italy, that was altered in the 18th century to form the backdrop to the Trevi Fountain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nizza Monferrato</span> Comune in Piedmont, Italy

Nizza Monferrato is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Turin and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Asti.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chigi Palace</span> Official residence of the Prime Minister of Italy

The Chigi Palace is a palace and former noble residence in Rome which is the seat of the Council of Ministers and the official residence of the Prime Minister of Italy. Since 22 October 2022, the tenant of the Chigi Palace has been Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, although she doesn't live in the building. It is located in the Piazza Colonna, next to Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Chamber of Deputies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palazzo Corsini, Rome</span> Building in Rome, Italy

The Palazzo Corsini is a prominent late-baroque palace in Rome, erected for the Corsini family between 1730 and 1740 as an elaboration of the prior building on the site, a 15th-century villa of the Riario family, based on designs of Ferdinando Fuga. It is located in the Trastevere section of the city, and stands beside the Villa Farnesina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jane McAdam Freud</span> British conceptual sculptor (1958–2022)

Jane McAdam Freud was a British conceptual sculptor working in installation art and digital media. She was the winner of the 2014 European Trebbia Awards for artistic achievement.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piazza del Duomo, Florence</span> Square in Florence, Italy

Piazza del Duomo is located in the heart of the historic center of Florence. It is one of the most visited places in Europe and the world and in Florence, the most visited area of the city. The square contains Florence Cathedral with the Cupola del Brunelleschi, the Giotto's Campanile, the Florence Baptistery, the Loggia del Bigallo, the Opera del Duomo Museum, and the Arcivescovile and Canonici's palace. The west zone of this square is called Piazza San Giovanni.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palazzo Castiglioni (Milan)</span> Historic building in Milan, Italy

Palazzo Castiglioni is an Art Nouveau palace of Milan, northern Italy. It was designed by Giuseppe Sommaruga in the Liberty style and built between 1901 and 1903. The rusticated blocks of the basement imitate a natural rocky shape, while the rest of the decorations are inspired by 18th century stuccos. The building is now used as the seat of the Unione Commercianti di Milano.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Benedetto Alfieri</span> Italian architect

Benedetto Innocenzo Alfieri was an Italian architect, a representative of the late-Baroque or Rococo style.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piazza d'Aracoeli</span>

Piazza d'Aracoeli is a square of Rome (Italy), placed at the base of the Capitoline Hill, in the Rione X Campitelli.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palazzo dei Convertendi</span> Building in Rome, Italy

Palazzo dei Convertendi is a reconstructed Renaissance palace in Rome. It originally faced the Piazza Scossacavalli, but was demolished and rebuilt along the north side of Via della Conciliazione, the wide avenue constructed between 1936 and 1950, which links St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican City to the centre of Rome. The palace is famous as the last home of the painter Raphael, who died there in 1520.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palazzo Maffei Marescotti</span>

The Palazzo Maffei Marescotti or Palace of the Vicariate is a religious building in Rome, Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome</span> Building in Rome

Palazzo Giustiniani or the Piccolo Colle is a palace on the Via della Dogana Vecchia and Piazza della Rotonda, in Sant'Eustachio, Rome.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palace of Spain</span> Building in Rome, Italy

The Palace of Spain or Monaldeschi Palace is a baroque palace that houses the Embassy of Spain to the Holy See since 1647. It does not lodge, on the other hand, the Embassy of Spain in Italy, since this one is in the first floor of the Borghese Palace of Rome.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome</span> Building in Rome, Italy

The Palazzo Ruspoli is a Renaissance-style, 16th century aristocratic palace located on Via del Corso 418, where Corso intersects with Largo Carlo Goldoni and the Piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina, in the Rione IV of Campo Marzio in central Rome, Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piazza Scossacavalli</span> Former square in Rome

Piazza Scossacavalli, also named Piazza di San Clemente, Piazza di Trento, Piazza d'Aragona, Piazza Salviati, was a square in Rome, Italy, important for historical and architectonic reasons. The square was demolished together with the surrounding quarter in 1937 due to the construction of Via della Conciliazione.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Visconti Citadel (Piacenza)</span> Castle in northern Italy

The Visconti Citadel of Piacenza is a fortification erected by the Visconti of Milan in the 14th century in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. In the 16th century, a new building was planned and initiated on the Citadel's site but remained uncompleted. Therefore, about half of the Citadel was not destroyed and survived until today.

References

  1. "PALAZZO GAZELLI DI ROSSANA - ASTI" (in Italian). Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane. 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-12.