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San Pellegrino Terme (BG)

 At the beginning of XX century, in a few years were built: the bath house on the Viale delle Terme, the porch large room, the Grand Hotel, the plant for bottled mineral water, the Casino, the Town hall and several private mansions, that were extraordinary examples of Liberty Art.  With their expert hands, famous artists, such as the engineer Mazzocchi, the architect  Romolo Squadrelli, the blacksmith Mazzucotelli, the window maker Beltrami, the cabinet maker Quarti and the sculptor Vedani worked to these mansions. The Gran Casinò is an interesting example of Flowery Liberty Style  at European level. The internal part has a unique and involving beauty, with its huge hall where we find eight Verona red marble columns, that seem having been put as guards or seem inviting towards the awesome and monumental stairway that hosts art masterworks of spectacular beauty.

The internal decorations, the mosaics, the  balustrades, the doors were studied and designed with great perfection and refined elegance by the famous architect Romolo Squadrelli.

The sculptor Paolo Vedani realized the four allegorical groups, while the imposing pillars that hold the artistic chandeliers were the creative products of  Mazzucotelli.

The 12 ceiling panels that are symbols of the 12 months, made by Malerba, have a wonderful effect and are of admirable  execution, as well as the stucco altorilievo, decorated by Bernasconi. Everything is in perfect syntony and harmonized in an artistic choralism that contributes to this complex and makes it a rare work of art.

 On the left and on the right of the hall there are 2 rooms with  ceilings in precious carved wood with golden and bronze decorations. The big stairway leads to the first floor where we find some large rooms among which the Salone delle Feste.

 A figure velarium  by Beltrami,  multicoloured glasses with thousand hues, artistic chandeliers of refined  elegance make this large room one of the most majestic of that style, in Italy and in Europe. The Municipal Casino of  San Pellegrino Terme welcomes nowadays cultural  events, performances, as well as meetings, conventions, seminars, wedding parties, gala dinners and soirées, fashion shows and also art exhibitions.  

However, the charm of this place hits also the simple visitor who is enchanted, out of the beauty and grandeur of the set.

translation by Irene De Angelis Curtis

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