Monday, February 7, 2022

Ferrara's Palazzo dei Diamanti

Ferrara Italy's painting museum, the Palazzo dei Diamanti, was built as a residence during the years around 1500.  As such, it has no particular architectural style, the exerior being something of a decorated box.  But the exteror décor is what distinguishes it, because the surface is covered with four-sided triangular shapes that were called diamanti (diamonds).

The building's Wikipedia entry is here, and its Web site is here.

I briefly visited Ferrara in October and took some photos of it.  Unfortunately, the day was gloomy, as are most of the pictures.

Gallery

The corner facing the corsi Biaggio Rossetti and Ercole I d'Este -- the duke d'Este had the palazzo built as his home.

Ornamentation was placed at the corner.


Some details.

The Corso Biaggio Rossetti side.

Close-up view of the diamonds.

Corso Biaggio Rossetti entrance.

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