Tapestry and Upholstery Museum (Bologna)
The Villa Spada is a former-aristocratic suburban Neoclassical mansion with a surrounding formal and informal gardens located on Via di Casaglia #3, outside of Porta Saragozza, to the southwest of central Bologna, Italy. Since the 1990s, it houses the Museum of Textiles and Upholstery Vittorio Zironi (Museo del Tessuto e della Tappezzeria "Vittorio Zironi"). The surrounding gardens in the hill provide views of Bologna.
Also recorded as Historic and didactic museum of tapestry · Museo storico didattico della tappezzeria Vittorio Zironi
Tapestry and Upholstery Museum (Bologna)
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- Founded
- 1966
- Founder
- Vittorio Zironi
- Headquarters
- Italy
- Part of
- Istituzione Bologna Musei · Settore Musei Civici Bologna
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The Villa Spada is a former-aristocratic suburban Neoclassical mansion with a surrounding formal and informal gardens located on Via di Casaglia #3, outside of Porta Saragozza, to the southwest of central Bologna, Italy. Since the 1990s, it houses the Museum of Textiles and Upholstery Vittorio Zironi (Museo del Tessuto e della Tappezzeria "Vittorio Zironi"). The surrounding gardens in the hill provide views of Bologna.
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It is associated with Italy. The record gives 1966 as its date of establishment or first appearance. The recorded subject matter is textile, wall hanging and industrial arts. It forms part of Istituzione Bologna Musei and Settore Musei Civici Bologna. Its recorded founders are Vittorio Zironi. It is recorded in the collection of Villa Spada.
A villa at the site was commissioned initially by the aristocrat Jacopo Zambeccari (died 1795) from the architect Giovanni Battista Martinetti. In 1820, the villa was inherited by the family of Clemente Veralli Spada, and afterwards had various private owners including the Pisa and Levi family. In the 1960s it was passed on to the municipality of Bologna. The gardens have a faux-medieval tower. The interior has sculptures by Giacomo De Maria, and has some painting decorations by Serafino Barozzi and Filippo Pedrini.
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