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The '''Palazzo Maffei''' is an [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]]-style aristocratic palace located on Via Giacomo Matteotti #35 in central [[Volterra]], province of Pisa, region of [[Tuscany]], Italy. While initially commissioned by the Bishop Mario Maffei (1463-1537) who had been secretary to Popes Eugene IV and Pius II. Mario was the brother of [[Raffaele Maffei]], who also resided, along with his library, in this palace while in Volterra. The palace had been completed by 1527.
Initially the palace facade had an exterior frescoed facade with a depiction of a Roman trimph by [[Daniele Ricciarelli]]
with a frieze representing a Roman triumph. The palace was purchased by Mario Guarnacci in the 18th century who, in the four rooms below, ordered the collection of Etruscan urns, thus forming the first Museum in Volterra, visited by various scholars and personalities such as the Grand Duke of Tuscany Pietro Leopoldo, as a plaque in the courtyard recalls at the beginning of the staircase. Around 1840 the palace became the property of Giuseppe Leoncini and, subsequently, of Carlo Ruggieri Buzzaglia.
However the palace has had a number of owners since then, and the interiors have had multiple refurbishments. The palace is also known for the other owners as the ''Palazzo Ruggieri''<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Guida_di_Volterra/UnxIAAAAYAAJ Guida di Volterra], by Annibale Cinci; tipografia Volterrana (1885); page 103.</ref>, ''Ruggieri Buzzaglia'', and ''Leoncini''. When Mario Guarnacci purchased the palace in the late 18th-century he installed a museum of his Etruscan collection in the ground floor; at his death in 1785 the collection was moved to the [[Palazzo dei Priori, Volterrra|Palazzo dei Priori]].<ref>This became the core of the [[Museo Etrusco Guarnacci]].</ref> The street in front was once called Via Guidi, and changed to [[Giacomo Matteotti]] after the Second World War, to commemorate the Socialist politician murdered in 1924 by Fascists.
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Volterra]]
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alaces in Tuscany]]
[[Category:Renaissance architecture in Tuscany]]
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The '''Palazzo Maffei''' is an [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]]-style aristocratic palace located on Via Giacomo Matteotti #35 in central [[Volterra]], province of Pisa, region of [[Tuscany]], Italy. While initially commissioned by the Bishop Mario Maffei (1463-1537) who had been secretary to Popes Eugene IV and Pius II. Mario was the brother of [[Raffaele Maffei]], who also resided, along with his library, in this palace while in Volterra. The palace had been completed by 1527.
Initially the palace facade had an exterior frescoed facade with a depiction of a Roman trimph by [[Daniele Ricciarelli]]
with a frieze representing a Roman triumph. The palace was purchased by Mario Guarnacci in the 18th century who, in the four rooms below, ordered the collection of Etruscan urns, thus forming the first Museum in Volterra, visited by various scholars and personalities such as the Grand Duke of Tuscany Pietro Leopoldo, as a plaque in the courtyard recalls at the beginning of the staircase. Around 1840 the palace became the property of Giuseppe Leoncini and, subsequently, of Carlo Ruggieri Buzzaglia.
However the palace has had a number of owners since then, and the interiors have had multiple refurbishments. The palace is also known for the other owners as the ''Palazzo Ruggieri''<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Guida_di_Volterra/UnxIAAAAYAAJ Guida di Volterra], by Annibale Cinci; tipografia Volterrana (1885); page 103.</ref>, ''Ruggieri Buzzaglia'', and ''Leoncini''. When Mario Guarnacci purchased the palace in the late 18th-century he installed a museum of his Etruscan collection in the ground floor; at his death in 1785 the collection was moved to the [[Palazzo dei Priori, Volterrra|Palazzo dei Priori]].<ref>This became the core of the [[Museo Etrusco Guarnacci]].</ref> The street in front was once called Via Guidi, and changed to [[Giacomo Matteotti]] after the Second World War, to commemorate the Socialist politician murdered in 1924 by Fascists.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{coord|43.40200|N|10.86090|E|source:wikidata|display=title}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maffei Volterra}}
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Volterra]]
[[Category
alaces in Tuscany]][[Category:Renaissance architecture in Tuscany]]
Okumaya devam et...