Bevilacqua Palace, Renaissance palace in Corso Cavour, Verona, Italy.
Bevilacqua Palace is a Renaissance palace on Corso Cavour in Verona, with a seven-bay facade featuring fluted columns and carved stone details across multiple floor levels. Each story is defined by its own decorative cornice, giving the building a clearly layered and ordered appearance.
Michele Sanmicheli designed the palace in 1530 for brothers Antonio and Gregorio Bevilacqua, who wanted to replace their medieval home with a new Renaissance building on the same site. The project reflects a broader shift in how Veronese families thought about architecture at the time.
The palace stands on Corso Cavour, one of the main streets of Verona, where people walk past its facade every day. The three different column fluting patterns and the alternating pediment shapes make it one of the most expressive examples of Mannerist architecture in the city.
The building is now used as a school, so the interior is not open to visitors. Walking along Corso Cavour gives a clear view of the facade and enough space to take in the stone details at a comfortable distance.
The entrance door is not at the center of the facade but sits in the second bay from the left, which points to an expansion plan that was never carried out. Had the building been completed as intended, the door would have ended up in a more central position.
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