VISIT THE OLD HOUSE AND HINDERBACH PALACE
ROOM OF THE PUTTI
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On the first floor of the Hinderbachian palace, this elegant room is decorated with a pictorial frieze – a full expression of Renaissance culture – frescoed in the first half of the 16th century with festive putti, holding banners and cornucopias, and interspersed with old Sileni. A curious chandelier of Tyrolean tradition, with a sculpture mounted on deer antlers, completes the décor. |
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THE KITCHEN
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Mentioned in a document of 1163 and restructured several times over the centuries, the room retains its original large hood and fireplace, elements that suggest its probable use as a kitchen. It is now furnished with utensils and crockery from the museum’s collections. An adjacent room, small and private, is equipped with a concealed toilet. |
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HALL OF MEDALLIONS
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The name of the hall – created during the expansion on the top floor of the ancient Casa Murata – derives from the painted frieze executed during the sixteenth-century renovations commissioned by Prince-Bishop Bernardo Cles: personifications of Virtues and Liberal Arts gaze through eye-like openings in faux marble slabs, adorned with hanging branches with leaves and fruits. |
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ROOM OF THE BLACK FIREPLACE
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An imposing fireplace in exquisite black Ragoli stone characterises the large room on the top floor of the Hinderbach Palace. The walls are decorated with a pictorial frieze commissioned in the 16th century by Bishop Bernardo Cles: faux draperies adorned with grotesque depictions of Clesian feats move away to show lively battle scenes. From the windows, a vast panorama of the Bleggio basin can be enjoyed. |
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