Besides the medieval core, Ferrara has some other interesting buildings, particularly along Viale Cavour the main central artery. These include some examples of my favourite architectural style, Stile Liberty, as well as some later constructions. You’ll find them all on my Google map.
Name: Villino Masieri-Finotti
Address: 112 Viale Cavour
Style: Jugendstil (German Art Nouveau)
Architect: Ciro Contini
Year constructed: 1907-1908
Streeview here.
Name: Villa Melchiorri
Address: 184 Viale Cavour
Style: Art Nouveau
Architect: Ciro Contini
Year constructed: 1903-1904
Streeview here.
Name: Villa Amalia
Address: 194 Viale Cavour
Style: Eclectic (Stile Umbertino)
Architect: Ciro Contini
Ceramacist: Galileo Chini
Year constructed: 1904
Streeview here.
Name: Palazzo Panfilio
Address: 85 Viale Cavour
Style: Art Deco
Architect: Giacomo Diegoli
Year constructed: 1925-1927
Name: Palazzo dell’Aeronautica
Address: 118 Viale Cavour
Style: Rationalist
Architect: Giorgio Gandini
Year constructed: 1935-1937
Streeview here.
The station building itself seems unremarkable but I liked the curves of the platform canopy and the signal box.
Name: Stazione Centrale Di Ferrara
Address: Piazzale della Stazione
Style: Art Deco
Architect:
Year constructed: 1948
Streeview here.
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Address: 3A Via del Gambero
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Year constructed:
Love this little window. The building seems rationalist but not the window.
Finally I quite liked the entrances on this otherwise unremarkable block.
Name:
Address: 115 Viale Cavour
Style: Post Modern
Architect:
Year constructed:
And here is a map with some places I didn’t get round to visiting.
Staying in Ferrara next!