The building was built at the beginning of the sixteenth century, a period when the Marescotti and Bentivoglio families were fighting each other. Ercole Marescotti de Calvi, in alliance with Pope Julius II, was one of the supporters of the destruction of the Bentivoglio Palace in 1507. It is believed that the current portal already belonged to the grandiose residence of the rulers of Bologna. In revenge, some people led by Gaspare Scappi and Galeazzo Poeti destroyed Marescotti's house. The papal legate Francesco Alidozio commissioned Giovanni Beroaldo to reconstruct the building, but the facade above the portico is still unfinished. The interiors were completely renovated by the last descendant of the senatorial branch of the family, Raniero Marescotti, in 1680.
The unfinished facade consists of an elegant portico in the Renaissance style, topped by string rows. The decoration of the Corinthian capitals, which have the noble coat of arms of Marescotti, is especially refined.
Outside the monumental portal, the Baroque staircase with two symmetrical flights and the loggia overlooking the courtyard are the work of Giovanni Giacomo Monti. The vestibule, originally called the Aula Dionysus, was frescoed by Domenico Maria Canuti with Jupiter delivering the infant Mercury to Bacchus, and the Sala del Udienza, now the Aula del Camino, was decorated by Marcantonio Franceschini in collaboration with Enrico Haffner, who painted Felsin between the war and peace, crowned with glory. The same artists created the Venus disarming Cupid and the Three Putti adorning Berenice's hairstyle in the dressing room. The brothers Giuseppe and Antonio Rolli are the authors in the Aula delle Colonne of the infant Jupiter Fortuna. Finally, the theme of the Ballroom has as its main theme the Rise of the House of Marescotti by the Rolli Brothers. The walls were frescoed by Giuseppe Antonio Caccioli, a pupil of Giuseppe Rolli.
In 1997, the building passed to the University of Bologna, and in 2003-2007, restoration work was carried out on the entire complex. Today, the palazzo houses the Music and Entertainment Library of the University of Bologna, as well as the University's Faculty of Arts.
The unfinished facade consists of an elegant portico in the Renaissance style, topped by string rows. The decoration of the Corinthian capitals, which have the noble coat of arms of Marescotti, is especially refined.
Outside the monumental portal, the Baroque staircase with two symmetrical flights and the loggia overlooking the courtyard are the work of Giovanni Giacomo Monti. The vestibule, originally called the Aula Dionysus, was frescoed by Domenico Maria Canuti with Jupiter delivering the infant Mercury to Bacchus, and the Sala del Udienza, now the Aula del Camino, was decorated by Marcantonio Franceschini in collaboration with Enrico Haffner, who painted Felsin between the war and peace, crowned with glory. The same artists created the Venus disarming Cupid and the Three Putti adorning Berenice's hairstyle in the dressing room. The brothers Giuseppe and Antonio Rolli are the authors in the Aula delle Colonne of the infant Jupiter Fortuna. Finally, the theme of the Ballroom has as its main theme the Rise of the House of Marescotti by the Rolli Brothers. The walls were frescoed by Giuseppe Antonio Caccioli, a pupil of Giuseppe Rolli.
In 1997, the building passed to the University of Bologna, and in 2003-2007, restoration work was carried out on the entire complex. Today, the palazzo houses the Music and Entertainment Library of the University of Bologna, as well as the University's Faculty of Arts.
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