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The
halls of the studio of Federico Landi reopen to the public
following restoration works; these are decorated with frescoes
from the first years of the XVII century.These halls bear
witness to Federico's desire to enhance his own family name
celebrating the family ties in the "Coat of Arms Room"
and the possessions in the "Room of the Views".
The emblem of the Grimaldi family of Monaco is at the centre
of the "Coat of Arms Room", to whom Federico was
linked through the marriage of his sister Maria with Ercole
I Grimaldi. Around it, the twelve cities under the dominion
of the house of Monaco are represented in frames, amongst
which can be seen the cities of Menton, Monaco and Roccabruna.
The "Room of the Views", however, shows a frescoed
vault displaying the new sequence of possessions owned by
the Landi family, straddling the Ligurian-Emilian Appennines:
in all, approximately 50 areas, including Bardi itself, Compiano
and Santa Maria del Taro. The same scenes are faithfully reproduced
in the incisions which are included in a volume published
by Carlo Natale in 1617, dedicated to the history of the Landi,
great feudatories of the Sacred Roman Empire.
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