Il palazzo dei diamanti a Bologna

Only a few Italian Quattrocento buildings were completed within the lifetimes of those who commissioned them. The palazzo that Nicolò Sanuti and his wife Nicolosa Castellani erected on Strada S. Mamolo (now Via Massimo D'Azeglio) is one of these. Still visible are the façade, the courtyard and part of the interiors in almost the original forms. The text investigates the history of the Palazzo dei Diamanti, the most interesting 15th-century building in Bologna, never studied before, after first presenting a historical-political profile of its owner, Nicolò Sanuti, who also promoted other urban buildings. Built during the years of rule by the Bentivoglio family, Palazzo Sanuti was modernised by the Campeggi during the Counter-Reformation period, when it was chosen as the residence of Cardinal Del Monte during the transfer of the Council of Trent to Bologna, and subsequently passed to the Bevilacqua family, who are still its owners. The volume is completed by the transcription of a vast body of documentation, a survey of the property and an iconographic atlas conclude the volume.

Publication in cooperation with USI, Accademia di architettura, Istituto di storia e teoria dell’arte e dell’architettura.