Restructurings Ripagrande
The history begins before the year 1000, when the via Ripagrande was the major street in the city. Along those 1.860 metres which followed the flow of the river Po and which linked two of major poles of attraction of
Ferrara at that time there were humble buildings which had mainly practical functions and were used for the temporary storage of goods and for other activities which derived from the fluvial organization of
medieval city.
It was only in late Renaissance times, when the
Counts Beccari bought and linked together those building into a
noble and sumptuous palace.
Precisely that palace has become the seat of the
Hotel Ripagrande, after the careful restructuring carried out towards
the end of the 70’s.
A noble and ancient tradition
The relationship of the
Beccari family with structures apt to offer hospitality to foreigners is deeply rooted indeed. The inn “Ai tre Mori”, which was the most famous in
Ferrara and where many famous people lodged belonged to the
Beccari family since 1597. Not far from
Hotel, then, Ercole I had constructed the historical hotel “Albergo dell’Angelo” at the beginning of the century. The
hotel Ripagrande comes therefore into at important historical legacy thanks to the acquisition recently made by Lanfranco and Roberto Viola, both of them architects, who brought back the building to its ancient glamour with works of restructuring completed in 1980. The
Renaissance residence had come down to our times in poor conditions and it was no easy task to bring it back to its ancient dignity, coupling at the same time with functionality which should characterize top-ranking receptive structures...
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Ripagrande Hotel - via Ripagrande, 21 44100 - Ferrara (Italy)
Restructurings Ripagrande
