Museum of Casa Romei
CLOSED FOR RESTORATION from November 18th, 2024
Giovanni Romei became administrator to the lords of Ferrara and married the princess Polissena d’Este. On the Via di San Francesco he had a house built that showed his high ranking
Today’s visitor is immediately struck by the harmonious courtyard of honour, the result of combining medieval elements (the overhanging “baldresca” on one side) with others of the Renaissance (the arches that run along the other sides). The courtyard is dominated by a large monogram of Christ in terracotta, of very graceful design that belongs to the time in which, after Romei’s death, the house became part of the adjacent Corpus Domini Monastery. Casa Romei houses an interesting museum of painting and sculpture, with works of art that come from many places that have now disappeared in Ferrara: in the Lapidary on the ground floor there are marble and brickwork friezes, sculptures, escutcheons and tombstones while on the first floor numerous frescoes removed from former churches can be admired.
Today’s visitor is immediately struck by the harmonious courtyard of honour, the result of combining medieval elements (the overhanging “baldresca” on one side) with others of the Renaissance (the arches that run along the other sides). The courtyard is dominated by a large monogram of Christ in terracotta, of very graceful design that belongs to the time in which, after Romei’s death, the house became part of the adjacent Corpus Domini Monastery. Casa Romei houses an interesting museum of painting and sculpture, with works of art that come from many places that have now disappeared in Ferrara: in the Lapidary on the ground floor there are marble and brickwork friezes, sculptures, escutcheons and tombstones while on the first floor numerous frescoes removed from former churches can be admired.
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Opening
CLOSED FOR RESTORATION from November 18th, 2024
From Sunday to Wednesday: 8.30-14.00;
From Thursday to Saturday 14.00-19.30
The ticket office closes 30 minutes before closing time.
From Sunday to Wednesday: 8.30-14.00;
From Thursday to Saturday 14.00-19.30
The ticket office closes 30 minutes before closing time.
CLOSED 25th December, 1st January.
Reservations are recommended: tel. 0532.234130- email: drm-ero.casaromei-fe@beniculturali.it.
Price
Full 5,00 euro.
Full with exhibition: 7,00 euro.
Reduced 2,00 euro (visitors aged 18 - 25).
Full with exhibition: 7,00 euro.
Reduced 2,00 euro (visitors aged 18 - 25).
Only first floor: 1,00 euro.
FREE ENTRANCE for the owners of MYFE tourist card
Free entrance 1st Sunday of each month.
Free
- Up to age 18
- Disabled persons with one accompanying person
- Tourist guides
- Journalists
Contacts
Ferrara
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Via Savonarola, 30
How to get here
On foot: 15 minutes from the Castle;
By bus: n° 1 e n° 9 from the station and from the Castle.
Accessibility
Partially accessible to people with disabilities.
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Mar 20, 2025 04:49
