{"id":6972,"date":"2023-06-13T12:21:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T10:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/?page_id=6972"},"modified":"2023-07-19T10:53:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T08:53:27","slug":"palazzo-cavalli","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/en\/discover-the-museum\/palazzo-cavalli\/","title":{"rendered":"Palazzo Cavalli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1497.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.2%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Palazzo Cavalli was built in the mid-16<sup>th<\/sup> century by the family of the same name, who went on to live there for more than two centuries. It made news just a few years after it was built for the <strong>brutal murder of Vittoria Accoramboni<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<span id=\"more-3154\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The rooms in this 16<sup>th<\/sup> century structure are well distributed over two floors, where T-shaped \u201cportegos\u201d <em>(central halls)<\/em> lead into matching side rooms.<\/p>\n<p>The wonderful <strong>fresco and stucco decorations<\/strong>, which can still be seen today, date back to the mid-17<sup>th<\/sup> century. The profuse decoration in the entrance hall is stunning, featuring a series dedicated to <em>Ovid\u2019s Metamorphoses<\/em>. The adjacent rooms, on the other hand, each cleverly feature different subjects and styles, where the fresco painter from Padua, Michele Primon, depicted episodes inspired by ancient history, in addition to the enthralling series of hunting scenes in the former dining room.<\/p>\n<p>The incredible <strong>monumental staircase<\/strong>, made by skilled workers from Bologna, represents a spiritual ascent up to the piano nobile, accompanied by the Muses. You then reach the large reception room overlooked by the master bedrooms, which was skilfully frescoed by the French painter <strong>Louis Dorigny<\/strong>: the large frames feature mythological characters and the upper, monochrome frieze shows a triumph of cherubs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:40%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:4.8%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:4.8%;--awb-width-medium:40%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.8%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:4.8%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"797\" title=\"Palazzo Cavalli &#8211; Scalinata\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Palazzo-Cavalli-Scalinata.jpeg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Palazzo-Cavalli-Scalinata-200x156.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Palazzo-Cavalli-Scalinata-400x311.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Palazzo-Cavalli-Scalinata-600x467.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Palazzo-Cavalli-Scalinata-800x623.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Palazzo-Cavalli-Scalinata.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1497.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:40%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:4.8%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:4.8%;--awb-width-medium:40%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.8%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:4.8%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"455\" title=\"Palazzo Cavalli Scalinata\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6.png 455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.2%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>The original ceiling was irretrievably lost and replaced with an allegory of the triumph of science at the end of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, when the building, already state-owned, began to be used as the headquarters for the <strong>\u201cRegia Scuola di Applicazione\u201d <em>(\u201cRoyal Technical School\u201d)<\/em> for Engineers<\/strong>. Since 1932, Palazzo Cavalli has been home to the collections and the <strong>Institute of Geology<\/strong>, which moved here in 2010. Host of the <strong>University\u2019s Museum of Nature and Mankind<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7080,"parent":7229,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"class_list":["post-6972","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Palazzo Cavalli - Museum of Nature and Humankind - University of Padua<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Visit MNU - Palazzo Cavalli is an historic palace that houses the Museum of Nature and Man of Padua.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/en\/discover-the-museum\/palazzo-cavalli\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Palazzo Cavalli - 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