{"id":19393,"date":"2019-05-21T14:56:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T12:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/borghi-of-umbria\/cosa-vedere-a-bettona\/palazzo-biancalana\/"},"modified":"2019-08-20T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T12:58:09","slug":"palazzo-biancalana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-bettona\/palazzo-biancalana\/","title":{"rendered":"Palazzo Biancalana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Palazzo Biancalana<\/strong> is one of the main buildings overlooking Bettona\u2019s central piazza and is next to palazzo del Podest\u00e0. It was built on the site of a pre-existing building and designed by <em>Francesco Biancalana<\/em>, who bought it in the early 19<sup>th<\/sup> century. He planned the reconstruction but died before it was completed, in 1859, as indicated on one of the bricks on the floor. The previous old building had adjoining gardens and a public passageway, but everything was demolished to make way for the aristocratic residence, which is characterized by a neo-16<sup>th<\/sup>-century style in use in 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century private buildings and a certain rhythmic spatial dimension typical of neoclassicism; other aspects, such as the railing and the entrance portal, which are not very ornate, are typical of the <em>fin de si\u00e9cle<\/em> style.<\/p>\n<p>The building is composed of two different materials, rusticated on the ground floor and plastered on the upper floors, while the balcony railing above the portal is in cast iron.<\/p>\n<p>Today, part of the palazzo is home to the Museo della Citt\u00e0 di Bettona: the left side of the ground floor houses the archaeological section, while the right hand half of the <em>piano nobile<\/em>, which also includes the living room with the fireplace, is a picture gallery.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a peculiar fact that some of the museum\u2019s works of art came were inherited from the last owner of the building, who would never have imagined such a turn of events. In 1920, <em>Bianca Biancalana<\/em> named Guido Cingolani as her universal heir, with the express wish that her assets \u201cnever be sold or exchanged or rented to the townsfolk.\u201d Instead, after various vicissitudes, <em>Biancalana<\/em> assets were sold to the Municipality of Bettona in 1931, so fortunately for us, we can now admire them in their original location!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palazzo Biancalana is one of the main buildings overlooking Bettona\u2019s central piazza and is next to palazzo del Podest\u00e0. It was built on the site of a pre-existing building and designed by Francesco Biancalana, who bought it in the early 19th century. 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