Oratory of the Immacolata Concezione

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Oratory of the Immacolata Concezione

The Oratory of the “Immacolata Concezione” was home to the homonymous Confraternity. It was built right before 1613, in line with the entrance of Villa Torello, by engineer Giuseppe Vacca, Aleotti’s assistant. It was also called “Casa dello Scolaro”, given that the building on the right housed the schools run by the Confraternity. The Oratory consists of a single rectangular hall and an apse, which was added in 1634. The nave is covered by a wooden ceiling in Rococo style. The building is surrounded by balustrades and Ionic columns and preserves the “Assunzione della Vergine”, supported by angels. In 1791, the interior was renovated by adding two side chapels and decorated with stuccoes in Corinthian style.

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donazione tirelli gualtieri

Tirelli Collection


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The collection is hosted in the rooms of Palazzo Bentivoglio and consists of 50 works of considerable artistic value that the famous tailor Umberto Tirelli has donated to the City of Gualtieri.

Among these stand out Balthus drawings, paintings by Fabrizio Clerici, Renato Guttuso, Mino Maccari, Giorgio de Chirico, Giacomo Manzù. Also on show are two costumes designed by Pier Luigi Pizzi and Piero Tosi for the Enrico IV of Pirandello and for the Ludwig by Luchino Visconti.

golena di gualtieri vista

The Golena of Gualtieri


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The gualtieri flood plain offers significant opportunities from the naturalistic point of view in the different seasons of the year. The territory enclosed between the master's embankment and the Po riverbed is very complex and diversified, including both naturalistic and anthropological aspects.