Palazzo Contarelli

Address and contacts

Can be visited on request by contacting the school management

How to get there

Correggio

By car
Driving along the A22 Modena-Brennero motorway, exiting at the Carpi tollbooth and following the directions for Correggio (then following the SS468 towards the south);
using the A1 Milan - Bologna motorway, exiting at the Reggio Emilia tollbooth and following the signs for Carpi-Correggio (taking the SS468 in a northerly direction).

By train
The closer railway station to Correggio are Reggio Emilia (about 20 km) and Carpi (about 7 Km)

By bus
From Piazzale Europa - Reggio Emilia, bus n. 43 or 82

Historical notes

It owns a number of interesting elements: the entry portal, the double loggia courtyard, the atrium with Baroque staircase with colonnades and balustrades. With the extinction of the original family, the building became the property of a charitable institution.

At the beginning of the 20th century, it became the Communist Party Headquarters. Subsequently the Fascists made it their headquarters and then it became state property. Currently it is the site of scholastic institutions.
The central projecting part of the building has a majestic portal that holds up a balcony with balustrade onto which a large window opens. The courtyard is porticoed on three sides.
The interior rooms conserve some elements of the original eighteenth-century decoration.