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Palace of Colorno

The Palace of Colorno is a complex and monumental architectural structure, with over 400 rooms, courtyards and courtyards, embraced by the Parma stream, the square and the marvelous newly restored French garden.
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Barbara was born in Milan on 1550 and she moved to Colorno after she married Giberto Sanvitale, Duke of Sala Baganza. She was famous for her beauty and her great culture and in the Court of Colorno, an unwelcome competitor to the Parma Court, she gathered a large number of the humanists and poets of the time and had a relationship with the Gonzaga Family of Mantua and the Este Family of Ferrara.

Because for the close relationship with the Gonzagas and on the basis of a long list of suspects, followed a brutal trial worked up by Ranuccio Farnese, Duke of Parma, whocondemned the marquise to death and executed on scaffold in 1612. With Barbara Sanseverino the Ducal Palace of Colorno became enriched by a marvelous Italian Garden with a geometric design with flowerbeds, fountains, paths and a network of canals, and was celebrated by the greatest poets of the time. She was also a fine art collector: worksby Tiziano, Gerolamo Mazzola Bedoli, Giulio Romano, Andrea del Sarto, Correggio, Parmigianino and an extraordinary collection of antique cameos which enriched the Palace, where confiscated by the Farnese after her death , most of them nowadays at the Museum of Capodimonte in Naples.

NEWS AND APPOINTMENTS

SUMMER REGGIA OPERA FESTIVAL dal 26 giugno al 10 luglio

SUMMER REGGIA OPERA FESTIVAL dal 26 giugno al 10 luglio

Torna la grande lirica nel Parco della Reggia di Colorno, con la 7^ edizione della rassegna estiva “Notturni in Musica alla corte della Duchessa”, che quest’anno mette in cartellone per tre mercoledì successivi, il 26 giugno, il 3 e il 10 luglio 2019, la Norma di Bellini, la Turandot di…
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Barbara Sanseverino e la Reggia di Colorno

Barbara Sanseverino e la Reggia di Colorno

Nata a Milano nel 1550, Barbara Sanseverino si stabilisce a Colorno dopo il matrimonio con Giberto Sanvitale, signore di Sala Baganza. Donna bellissima e di grande cultura, crea e anima un cenacolo letterario, in concorrenza con la corte Farnese di Parma, ed entra in relazione con i Gonzaga di Mantova…
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WHERE

Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 26 – 43052, Colorno (PR)
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INFO AND TIMETABLES

Winter timetable off-season
November 1st – November 30th
March 1st – March 31th
From Tuesday to Friday: 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM
Closed on mondays (not on public holidays).

Winter timetable high-season
December 1st – February 28th
From Monday to Friday: only for groups by reservation
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM

Summer timetable off-season
April 1st – May 31st
September 1st – October 31st
From Monday to Friday: 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 3:00 PM and 4:30 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM
Sunday and public holidays: 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM, 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM

Summer timetable high-season
June 1st – August 31st
From Tuesday to Friday: 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM
Closed on mondays (not on public holidays).

Contacts:
Tel. + 39 0521 312545
reggiadicolorno@provincia.parma.it
www.reggiadicolorno.it

 

Palace of Colorno

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