Palazzo da Mosto

Address and contacts

Via Mari, 7 - 42121 Reggio Emilia
0039 0522 430541
info@fondazionemanodori.it
Manodori Foundation - Palazzo da Mosto

Opening times

The palace is open to the visits only on the occasion of exhibitions or planned events.

Entrance fee

According to the exhibition or planned event.

How to get there

Reggio Emilia - Town centre

Historical notes

A treasure trove of history and architecture in the heart of Reggio Emilia, Palazzo da Mosto is one of the city's most fascinating 15th-century residences.
Its history began in 1472, when Francesco da Mosto, a high-ranking ducal official, transformed a simple domus into a veritable palatium, creating an elegant residence inspired by Ferrara's architectural culture, attributed to Biagio Rossetti.

Over the centuries, the palace changed hands several times until 1857, when Pietro Manodori, then mayor of Reggio, bought it from the Greppi counts of Milan for a visionary project: to open a free nursery school accessible to all.
Throughout the 20th century, this institution became a laboratory of pedagogical innovation, capable of adapting to social changes and educating generations of children.
The nursery remained active until 1991.

Today, thanks to the recent restoration by the Manodori Foundation, Palazzo da Mosto has been restored to its former glory and now hosts cultural activities, exhibitions and initiatives open to the community.

Walking through its rooms, you can admire precious details:
• the cornice decorated with terracotta medallions featuring male heads;
• the spectacular 18th-century staircase, which leads from the courtyard to the arched loggia on the main floor, once adorned with two canine statues now preserved in the Palazzo dei Musei;
• the ancient painted wooden chests and the delicate traces of original frescoes;
• in the basement, the fascinating medieval floors that reveal the different living levels of the past.

Nowadays, Palazzo da Mosto is a rediscovered place, open to the cultural and social life of the city, where history and modernity dialogue in harmony.