Palazzo Fava or Palazzo Fava-Ghisilieri is a historic palace at 2 via Manzoni in Bologna, now housing art exhibitions and the Caffè Letterario Carracci Fava. It is most notable for its three rooms of frescoes of scenes from the lives of Jason, Medea, Europa and Aeneas by Ludovico Carracci, Agostino Carracci and Annibale Carracci, commissioned in 1584 by Filippo Fava - he was introduced to them by his tailor Antonio, Agostino and Annibale's father.
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Palazzo Fava ranks #4,651 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #341 of the 555 mapped in Italy. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Bologna, 1 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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