Originally an ancient internal courtyard of palazzo Manfredi. It appears certain that there was once a mill, hence the name and the existence of water channels. Access to the piazza or the court of Molinella is via two archways, both from via Pistocchi and from Piazza del Popolo. The archway is of Manfredi origin with the Palazzo Comunale and the large umbrella vaulted ceiling with 1556 frescoes by Faentine painter Marco da Faenza with grotesques and allegoric figures.When entering the piazza on the left is the beautiful neo-classical façade of...
The construction of the Masini theater, in Faenza began in 1780 and was completed in 1787, was made possible thank to the initiative of “Accademia dei Perduti”, a group of intellectuals and artists from Faenza (established in 1673). The very first theater, was built in 1720 where the “Salone del Podesta” once stood, it was a wooden building designed by architect Carlo Cesare Scaletta; this structure, due to the use of wood and other perishable materials, deteriorated rapidly. Abandoned the idea of renovating the Salone del Podestà, the Accademi...
The perspective or "Fontanone", as it is commonly called by Faenza, is the architectural scenario at the bottom of one of the most important avenues of the city, the "Stradone". The general layout of Stradone Avenue dates back to 1816. He remained until the middle of last century as a rough dirt path with a tree-based gliders. The current arrangement, with a central carriageway measured from the two side streets regularly planted with plane trees, dates back to 1860.In 1823 the Deputation of the Public Walk, in accordance with the standard-bear...
The most important medieval church of Faenza, founded in the XII century and still conserving 1200’s and 1300’s parts.The Commenda was probably founded in the first half of the XII century (the first sure document dates back to 1137), even if the more ancient parts that can be seen today date to the 1200’s (apse and part of the bell tower) and the 1300’s (portico for thepilgrims on the left side). It was erected together with the adjacent Santo Sepolcro Home for accommodating pilgrims headed for or coming from the Holy Land. Already in the XIII...
