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Palazzo Lucarelli, once the home of the prestigious “Pensione Vespignani” run by the sisters Cristina, Edvige and Lucia, still has its original rooms and furnishings from the early 20th century, in pure Art Nouveau style.
The scenic spiral staircase with its Art Nouveau wrought-iron railing, topped by a large fan-shaped skylight and enclosed by a large, elegant trompe-l’oeil frame decorated with festoons and cherubs, is of great beauty. The wrought iron of the staircase and the garden gate overlooking Via Conti came from the prestigious workshop of blacksmith Francesco Matteucci of Faenza.
Source: “Castrocaro. Il patrimonio artistico, architettonico e ambientale di Castrocaro, Terra del Sole e Pieve Salutare”, di Elio Caruso ed Elisabetta Caruso. Società editrice “Il Ponte” di Cesena (FC) – 2019
