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 17  - The Optical Chamber

The Optical Chamber

In one of the towers which was once used as a prison the square located in front of the Castle can be seen projected on a concave screen. This chamber results from a curious experiment carried out towards the end of the previous century by means of a series of lenses and prisms.
The Sanvitale family used this artifice not to spy on their subjects, but as a game to enjoy themselves.

 

1 Sanvitale's room
2 Farnese's room
3 Religious Paintings’ room
4 Passage's room
5 Second Religious Paintings’ room
6 Third Religious Paintings’ room
7 Parmigianino: The Metamorphoses
8 The Little room of Diana and Actaeon
9 Female Acrobat room
10 Grotesque Room
11 Cupids’ room
12 Little Theatre’s Room
13 Map's room
14 XVIth century ceilings’ room
15 Bookshop
16 The Hanging Garden
17 The Optical Chamber
18 S. Carlo's Oratory
19 The clock of the tower
20 The municipal Library
   
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