Palazzo Romagnoli, Forlì

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

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

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

The ceilings of the ground floor and those of the noble floor, accessed from the monumental staircase, are entirely decorated in a ‘transition’ style between Baroque and Neoclassical, partly attributable to the workshop of Felice Giani.

Just steps from the San Domenico Museums, Palazzo Romagnoli, after the recent restoration, hosts the 20th-century Civic Collections; in particular, the ground floor is dedicated to the permanent exhibition of the prestigious Verzocchi Collection, while on the first floor there is a selection of works including oils and engravings by Morandi from the Righini Donation, Wildt’s sculptures related to the figure of Raniero Paulucci de Calboli and ‘The Great Romagna’, with paintings and sculptures representative of the vast and composite 20th-century Forlì heritage.