Palazzo Dalla Rosa Prati, Neoclassical palace near Piazza Duomo, Parma, Italy
Palazzo Dalla Rosa Prati is a neoclassical building in Parma that now functions as a hotel. The three-story structure houses rooms and apartments with varying layouts and contemporary amenities including air conditioning and internet access.
Documented since 1222, when it belonged to the Adami family, the palace was the birthplace of the chronicler Salimbene de Adam. The Prati bought it in the 15th century, and under Ranuccio I Farnese a Prati daughter married Pier Luigi Dalla Rosa, whose line gave the palace its name. A full renovation in the second half of the 18th century gave the facade its neoclassical form.
The name Dalla Rosa Prati comes from the marriage, under Ranuccio I Farnese, of Pier Luigi Dalla Rosa to a daughter of Marquis Marcello Prati; he added her surname to his own. The family were Marquises of Collecchio. In the piano nobile a hall painted probably by Benigno Bossi has a vault frescoed with the Allegory of Justice by Domenico Muzzi.
The building stands at Strada Duomo 7, near the center of Parma. Visitors will find parking available on site along with basic amenities, though checking ahead for availability is wise especially during peak periods.
Fra Salimbene de Adam, one of the great chroniclers of his era, was born in this house in 1221, when it still belonged to the Adami family. The palace's art collection, including Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli's Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine, was bought by the ducal government in 1851 and is now largely at the Galleria Nazionale di Parma.
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