Guadagni palace – now Bondioli – in Bocchignano, is supposed to rise on the ruins of the Castello delle Tre Torrette – dating back to the mid-twelfth century – built (it is believed) by Rome to better dominate Montopoli after the capitulation of 1154. During the first half of the ‘700, the Palace was rebuilt by Cardinal Giannantonio Guadagni in Baroque style, and has only the main floor and the basement: the servants’ floor that can be seen from the outside is in fact fictitious.
Cardinal Giannantonio Guadagni was the nephew of Pope Clement XII, and in 1738 he had been nominated Commendatory Abbot of Farfa but he gave up after a few days, giving the title to Cardinal Passionei.
More recently, the palace was restored by Mario Bondioli, ambassador and meritorious in the fight against the theft of works of art from Italy; he was responsible for the epigraph on the left side of the building: MARIUS BONDIOLI COMES HOSIUS IN PRISTINUM STATUM REDIRE CURAVIT. AD MCMXC (Mario Bondioli count Osio, oversaw the restoration to its original state, 1990).
Guadagni-Bondioli Palace
Position
Via Dritta, 43
02034 Montopoli di Sabina (RI)
Opening hours
Non definito
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Guadagni palace – now Bondioli – in Bocchignano, is supposed to rise on the ruins of the Castello delle Tre Torrette – dating back to the mid-twelfth century – built (it is believed) by Rome to better dominate Montopoli after the capitulation of 1154. During the first half of the ‘700, the Palace was rebuilt by Cardinal Giannantonio Guadagni in Baroque style, and has only the main floor and the basement: the servants’ floor that can be seen from the outside is in fact fictitious.
Cardinal Giannantonio Guadagni was the nephew of Pope Clement XII, and in 1738 he had been nominated Commendatory Abbot of Farfa but he gave up after a few days, giving the title to Cardinal Passionei.
More recently, the palace was restored by Mario Bondioli, ambassador and meritorious in the fight against the theft of works of art from Italy; he was responsible for the epigraph on the left side of the building: MARIUS BONDIOLI COMES HOSIUS IN PRISTINUM STATUM REDIRE CURAVIT. AD MCMXC (Mario Bondioli count Osio, oversaw the restoration to its original state, 1990).