Romagnoli Palace, Forlì

The Romagnoli – Reggiani Palace is named after the Romagnoli family from Cesena, who settled in Forlì in 1806 when Lorenzo Romagnoli became the city’s prefect during the French government, and the Reggiani family. Girolamo Lorenzo Reggiani married the last descendant Virginia and adopted the surname Reggiani Romagnoli.

The building, sold by the family in 1965 to the Municipality, was long used by the Army as the headquarters of the military district of the Province of Forlì for draft medical examinations.

The building in its current form is the result of merging several pre-existing real estate units which, at the time of its renovation and enhancement ordered by the Napoleonic prefect Lorenzo Romagnoli, were unified into a single architectural structure.

The ceilings of the ground floor and the main floor, accessible via the monumental staircase, are entirely decorated in a ‘transitional’ style between Baroque and Neoclassical, partially attributed to the workshop of Felice Giani.

Just steps from the San Domenico Museums, after recent restoration, Palazzo Romagnoli houses the 20th Century Civic Collections. In particular, the ground floor is dedicated to the permanent exhibition of the prestigious Verzocchi Collection, while the first floor features a selection of works including oil paintings and engravings by Morandi from the Righini Donation, sculptures by Wildt related to the figure of Raniero Paulucci de Calboli, and ‘The Great Romagna,’ a collection of paintings and sculptures representative of the wide and diverse 20th-century heritage of Forlì.