Description
Palazzo Dionisi is an elegant Venetian-style residence in central Brindisi, overlooking the little square of the same name, near the waterfront. You'll recognize it by its richly decorated facade; with its terraces and gardens it covers 1,250 square meters.
The square honors Engelberto Dionisi, businessman and banker, founder of the Banca Dionisi and mayor of Brindisi from 1890 to 1895. Nearby, on the sea, stood Porta Reale, which according to the chroniclers was demolished in 1776 during the work on the harbor.
The palace had illustrious guests: the Indian poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1925, and Winston Churchill, who landed in Brindisi in January 1927 during a Mediterranean cruise, before heading to Rome to meet Mussolini.
It is said that Virgil spent his last hours in this very square: the sculptor Floriano Bodini wanted to place his monument to the poet here, but it ended up instead in the gardens of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II.
The square honors Engelberto Dionisi, businessman and banker, founder of the Banca Dionisi and mayor of Brindisi from 1890 to 1895. Nearby, on the sea, stood Porta Reale, which according to the chroniclers was demolished in 1776 during the work on the harbor.
The palace had illustrious guests: the Indian poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1925, and Winston Churchill, who landed in Brindisi in January 1927 during a Mediterranean cruise, before heading to Rome to meet Mussolini.
It is said that Virgil spent his last hours in this very square: the sculptor Floriano Bodini wanted to place his monument to the poet here, but it ended up instead in the gardens of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II.