De Grado Palace

The splendid Renaissance palace that stands at the corner of No. 3, Piazza San Giovanni and Via Finzi was once completely adorned with frescoes, starting from the top of the arch at the entrance, featuring a golden-yellow band with clear plant motifs. Those frescoes covered the whole area and spanned as far as the cornice, with a grid of vertical and horizontal stripes on a light blue background adorned with plant elements, forming white rectangles inside. All of this was bordered at the top and bottom by two strips that were similar to the yellow band, but in this case light blue in colour. The cornice featured a pattern of golden eggs, painted on a light grey background. Just below, there was another blue and white frieze with alternating baskets of fruit and spirals of leaves.