prenotazione visite

- The vault

the vault

The vault is underlined by the fresco, with an artificial mosaic. There is a rose-trellis and a beautiful garden full of angels and children. In the ceiling there is the “blue heaven” with a circular mirror with writing “Respice finem”, will say “Mind the end” on the oval wooden frame. In the plumes of the vault twelve putti are moving, bringing animals and fruits in their hands, some of them are sleeping, fighting or playing. The pedestals end with Medusan masks.
In the interior of the Castle you can follow a didactic tour which helps to place the work of art of Fontanellato in Parmigianino’s life as a painter, together with the explanation of the symbolic significance of the fresco.

Restoration of Diana and Actaeon’s fresco serves as introduction to the didactic tour>

 

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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