Frescoed Palazzo Apartment, Bologna
Via delle Belle Arti, Centro Storico, Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Why We Selected It
Some homes are in a beautiful building. This one is inside a work of art. Palazzo Bianconcini began in the fifteenth century and was reworked in the seventeen-hundreds by Francesco Tadolini and Pietro Scandellari — the stone portal, the perspectival grand staircase — with interior decoration by Giuseppe Mazza, Ercole Graziani the elder, Dal Sole, Gandolfi and Fancelli. Its residents run from the Zaniboni merchants to the Pico della Mirandola and Centurioni Spinola families, then the Bianconcini, whose tenants included the playwright Alfredo Testoni. The building is protected by the Soprintendenza; the apartment inside it has just been renovated to a standard that matches. Via delle Belle Arti is the most cultured street in Bologna, and homes like this reach the market perhaps once in a generation.
The Home
Apartment with loggia terrace in a protected historic palazzo · Excellent — recently and finely renovated, fully furnished
One hundred and four square metres inside Palazzo Bianconcini on Via delle Belle Arti — a fifteenth-century, Baroque-remodelled palazzo under Soprintendenza protection, with frescoed halls, a lift, and a private loggia terrace over the rooftops of the old centre. €440,000.
- Around 104 m² on one level, recently renovated with fine materials and elegant decorative mouldings throughout.
- An open living area where a modern fitted kitchen sits within the sitting room — one generous, sociable space.
- A double bedroom, and a windowed bathroom with a large walk-in shower.
- A mezzanine study above the living space: small, quiet, and the best room in the house for reading or working.
- A private loggia terrace looking over the tiled roofs of the centro storico and the greenery behind them.
- Lift access, PVC double-glazed windows, and centralised heating included in the monthly condominium charge.
- Sold fully furnished — usable from the day the keys change hands.
- The palazzo itself: frescoed salons, original hand-crafted decorative elements, a Baroque stone portal and a monumental staircase.
Life Here
The street
Via delle Belle Arti — the Pinacoteca Nazionale, the Accademia di Belle Arti and the university quarter all on foot.
The city
Forty kilometres of porticoes, the oldest university in Europe, and the finest food culture in Italy at street level.
Getting around
Bologna Centrale: Florence and Milan in around 35 minutes, Rome under two hours. Marconi airport is 20 minutes away.
The rhythm
A city lived in all year rather than a seasonal one — markets, osterie and concerts through the winter.
Our Perspective
Why it works
A finished, furnished, lift-served apartment inside a Soprintendenza-protected frescoed palazzo, on one of Bologna's most cultured streets, at €440,000 for 104 m². Nothing to plan, budget or wait for.
Ownership case
The historic centre is fixed in size and the monumental palazzi within it are a closed set. Restored apartments inside them are rare on the market and hold their character regardless of the cycle.
What makes it special
The Baroque stone portal and perspectival staircase you climb every day; the frescoed salons of the palazzo; the mezzanine study; and the loggia terrace over the rooftops, which turns an apartment into a private outdoor room in the middle of the city.
Best suited for
Someone who wants to live inside Italian art history without giving up a lift, double glazing and a working kitchen — as an exclusive city residence or a long-term holding.
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