The Ducal Palace, also known as Reggia di Colorno, is an edifice in the territory of Colorno (province of Parma), Emilia Romagna, Italy. Colorno is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 90 km northwest of The Province of Parma (Provincia di Parma is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. The capital is Bologna. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest It was built by Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma in the early 18th century on the remains of a former castle. Francesco Farnese ( May 19 1678 - May 26 1727) was Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1694 until his death
History
A Rocca (castle) was built on the site by Azzo da Correggio as a defence of the Po River. The Po ( Latin: Padus, Po Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles (682 km by considering It belonged to the Correggio and Terzi families, and in the 16th-17th centuries it was restored by countess Barbara Sanseverino, who desired a true palace for her court, and to house her prestigious collection of works by painters such as Raphael, Titian, Mantegna and Correggio. Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello) (April 6 or March 28 1483 – April 6 1520 was an Italian painter and Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c 1485 &ndash August 27 1576 better known as Titian, was the leading painter of the 16th-century Venetian Andrea Mantegna (c 1431 &ndash September 13, 1506) was an Italian Renaissance artist a student of Roman Archeology, and son in law of
After the beheading of Barbara Sanseverino by the Duke Ranuccio Farnese, the palace was acquired by the Farnese of Parma. Ranuccio I Farnese ( March 28, 1569 &ndash March 5, 1622) was the fourth Duke of Parma and Piacenza Ranuccio II and his wife Margherita Violante began a complete reconstruction that were completed under their son Francesco, directed by architect Ferdinando Bibbiena. Ranuccio II Farnese ( September 17, 1630 &mdash December 11, 1694) was the sixth Duke of Parma and Piacenza The Galli-Bibiena family, or Galli da Bibiena (also spelled "Bibbiena" was a family of Italian artists of the 17th and 18th centuries including In the 18th century, Duke Philip commissioned its restoration by the French architect Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, and tried to emulate in the interior the decor of the Palace of Versailles. Ancestors Duke of Parma The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal Château in Versailles, in France 's Île-de-France region Philip was married to Louise-Elisabeth de Bourbon, who was daughter of Louis XIV of France). Marie Louise Élisabeth de France ( 14 August 1727 – 6 December 1759) was the eldest daughter of King Louis XV of France and Early years Birth and ancestry Louis XIV was born in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on September 5 1638 and bore the Heir apparent
On November 28, 1807, after the annexation of the Duchy of Parma to the French Empire, the palace was declared "imperial property" and new restoration works were started. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common After the Congress of Vienna, the duchy went to Marie Louise, Napoleon's wife, who made of the Reggia her favourite residence and created a wide English-style garden. The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of the major powers of Europe, chaired by the Austrian statesman Clemens Wenzel von Metternich Marie Louise of Austria (Maria Luisa von Österreich French: Marie Louise d'Autriche; Italian: Maria Luisa d'Austria; b The term English garden or English park (Jardin anglais Giardino all'inglese Englischer Landschaftsgarten is used in Continental Europe
After the unification of Italy, it became a state possession, and in 1870 it was acquired by the province of Parma. Italian Unification ( Italian: il Risorgimento, or "The Resurgence" was the political and social movement that unified different states of the Italian Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
The park
The first park dates from that of 1480, commissioned by count Roberto Sanseverino. Under Francesco Farnese it was renovated with a mix of French- and Italian-style landscape garden, which was further modified by Duchess Marie Louise.
Damaged during World War II, it has been recently returned to his antique splendour by a restoration. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including