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Ferrini Palace

Palazzo storico

point of interest

Ferrini Palace

Palazzo storico
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Going to the right side of Piazza Mazzini, passed the Church of Santa Brigida, you reach Ferrini Palace, first core of the Monastery of Orsoline, today headquarter of the homonymous Museum and of the municipality of Calvi dell’Umbria.

Ferrini Palace in Calvi dell’Umbria

Placed in the highest part of the hill and faced on the cliff as to defend Calvi, the palace was built before the 1606 by Demofonte Ferrini, notary of the Reverend Apostolic Chamber and citizen of Calvi. 

Ferrini’s will of 1628 provided that, upon the extinction of the male line, the palace should become a monastery dedicated to Santa Brigida, and so it was a century later.

The monastery was active until 1994, when the nuns left the building which went back to the municipality.

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Going to the right side of Piazza Mazzini, passed the Church of Santa Brigida, you reach Ferrini Palace, first core of the Monastery of Orsoline, today headquarter of the homonymous Museum and of the municipality of Calvi dell’Umbria.

Ferrini Palace in Calvi dell’Umbria

Placed in the highest part of the hill and faced on the cliff as to defend Calvi, the palace was built before the 1606 by Demofonte Ferrini, notary of the Reverend Apostolic Chamber and citizen of Calvi. 

Ferrini’s will of 1628 provided that, upon the extinction of the male line, the palace should become a monastery dedicated to Santa Brigida, and so it was a century later.

The monastery was active until 1994, when the nuns left the building which went back to the municipality.

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The architecture of the palace

Ferrini Palace has a massive structure on five levels from which rises a loggia.

The facade of the palace is characterized by a door where there is the arms of the coat of the Ferrini’s family with an archangel with a torch and that of the wife Aurelia Grana with a dove with an ear of wheat.  

Under the windows of the attic, the motto “INVIDIAM ODIUMQUE SUPERABIS AC LEONEM ET DRACONEM CONCULCABIS” – You will overcome envy and hatred and trample on the lion and the dragon: a verse taken from Saint Augustine, where the lion and the dragon represent the diabolical power. 

Under the windows of the main floor another quote ruined and difficult interpretation. 

Before the restorations , the inside hosted two units: at the lower floor service and storage rooms; at the entrance floor – the noble floor which now hosts the Museum – an atrium led to the superior level with private rooms. 

On the upper floor there was a representative hall that now houses the Hall of the Council of the City.

The architecture of the palace

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Ferrini Palace has a massive structure on five levels from which rises a loggia.

The facade of the palace is characterized by a door where there is the arms of the coat of the Ferrini’s family with an archangel with a torch and that of the wife Aurelia Grana with a dove with an ear of wheat.  

Under the windows of the attic, the motto “INVIDIAM ODIUMQUE SUPERABIS AC LEONEM ET DRACONEM CONCULCABIS” – You will overcome envy and hatred and trample on the lion and the dragon: a verse taken from Saint Augustine, where the lion and the dragon represent the diabolical power. 

Under the windows of the main floor another quote ruined and difficult interpretation. 

Before the restorations , the inside hosted two units: at the lower floor service and storage rooms; at the entrance floor – the noble floor which now hosts the Museum – an atrium led to the superior level with private rooms. 

On the upper floor there was a representative hall that now houses the Hall of the Council of the City.





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Ferrini Palace
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