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• Located in Via Taverna, (Strä
Alvä), the "Scotti da Fombio" palace was built in 1490 by the will of
the Counts (Paride and Ercole) Paris and Hercules Scotti.
The
façade, composed of an exposed brick, is embellished with a sculptural
frieze that "runs" along the perimeter of the building and, on which, in
the corner of the building, a sculptural element is placed composed of
two human figures that support the coat of arms Family. But, the most
valuable element, it is certainly the Candoglia marble portal built in 1492 by Master Gregory
Prini. Of great elegance he is the court, surrounded by a magnificent
porch composed of columns decorated with refined capitals that make
harmonious and light architecture.
In 1869, the Palazzo became
owned by the illustrious medical Giacomo Morigi which, inside the
building, established a place of training for the men's youth, creating
in fact, an important cultural center for the city life known as
"College Morigi ".
On the first floor he found hospitality the
"Natural Soria Museum", recently moved to the renewed spaces of the
former municipal slaughterhouse. Today, after important restorations,
the structure is preparing to host some of the students who choose
Piacenza as a university destination continuing, although in a different
way, that "" vocation "formative and cultural vocation that pushed in
the second half of the nineteenth century, the doctor Morigi to the
Foundation Of the homonymous college.
• Palazzo Scotti from Fombio stands not far from Piazza Borgo, and
as Palazzo Landi occupies an entire isolated with the large rear seat.
The Scotti family is also among the oldest and rich in Piacenza, guelph
orientation and equipped with enormous real estate assets similar to
that of the Landi.
The palace was built in the same years as
Palazzo dei Landi, at the end of the fifteenth century, with a similar
Renaissance taste; Along the simple and severe cooked façade, a stone
dividing frieze, adorned with hippocampas, sirens and medallions with
busts and coats of arms.
Also noteworthy is the entrance portal,
richly decorated, and the two statues with the coat of arms placed at
the corner with Via S. Bartolomeo.
The building half was
purchased by the Giacomo Morigi surgeon in 1855, to make a college for
young students in need and deserving, and half was acquired by the
Municipality of Piacenza.
See also:
•
Douglas Scotti of Fombio
•
Castello Fombio
For more on the Douglas Scotti families of Italy, see our
Italy portal.
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