{"id":3525,"date":"2016-08-29T18:26:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T16:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artemilia.it\/en\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2018-04-09T13:03:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T11:03:06","slug":"the-meli-lupi-fortress-of-soragna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artemilia.it\/en\/castelli-del-ducato-en\/the-meli-lupi-fortress-of-soragna\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meli Lupi Fortress of Soragna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3525 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and sumptuous residence during the seventeenth century, still able to surprise the visitor with an amazing series of frescoed rooms, decorated with the taste of a fine princely court.<br \/>\nIn obedience to the Meli Lupi Princes&#8217;s will, who still own them and live there, the halls of the fortress are embellished by the original furnishings of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.<br \/>\nThe famous Hall of the stucco, designed by Carlo Virginio Draghi, and the three galleries decorated by Francesco and Ferdinando Galli Bibiena which introduce to the new noble apartment, decorated with furniture ordered in Venice in 1701, are fruit of Giampaolo IV Meli Lupi&#8217; s pyrotechnic commission. For the love of luxury Giampaolo IV brought the family finances on the brink of collapse.<br \/>\nThe fortress preserves important pictorial decorations, such as the cycle dedicated to Hercules\u2019 labours, carried out between 1540 and 1543 by Nicolo dell&#8217;Abate, and the two rooms frescoed by Cesare Baglione at the end of the sixteenth century, which reflect neoplatonic Renaissance thought.<br \/>\nDuring the second half of the Sixteenth Century the Meli Lupi court was animated by Isabella Pallavicino of Cortemaggiore, one of the most cultured and refined ladies of that time, who loved literature and patronized in 1581 &#8211; financing it &#8211; one of the first editions of the Jerusalem delivered by Torquato Tasso.<br \/>\nThe northern front of the fortress is taken up by a great romantic english style park surrounded by walls, characterized by ancient trees, a fishpond, the greenhouse, the cafe house and a small cave.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space]<a href=\"#\" class=\"sc_button sc_button_square sc_button_style_filled sc_button_bg_custom sc_button_size_medium popup-roccaeng\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\">Book a tour<\/a>[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Built in the shape of a castle in 1385 by the Marquis Bonifacio and Antonio Lupi, the Meli Lupi fortress in Soragna was transformed into a beautiful and sumptuous residence during the seventeenth century, still able to surprise the visitor &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[336],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Discover the Meli Lupi Fortress of Soragna! 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