The Palazzo Sergardi or Sergardi Biringucci is an 18th-century aristocratic palace located on Via Montanini #110 in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy; the palace is best known for its late 18th century Neoclassical frescoes by Luigi Ademollo.
History
The site once held a convent of the Derelitte,[1] and various buildings were joined to construct this palace. In 1744, Fabio Sergardi commissioned a designs in a late Baroque, early Neoclassical style from the architect Paolo Posi. Posi also designed the Palazzo De Vecchi in Siena.
For this palace, the entrance portal has a broken pediment. The ground floor has a small theater. In addition various rooms contain frescoes depicting the Rape of the Sabines; Apollo; and The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne, painted by Ademollo in 1794–1795.[2]
Two other palaces in Siena are linked to the Sergardi family are the palazzo Palazzo Fineschi Sergardi and Palazzo Bindi Sergardi.
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