Romei House
Usual place of retirement of Lucrezia Borgia when it was part of the Corpus Domini monastery.
This 15th-century stately home was built by the banker Giovanni Romei, who bequeathed it to the adjacent Corpus Domini monastery.
Its courtyard, with a double loggia, is dominated by a large brick monogram of Christ and its architecture combines medieval and Renaissance elements.
In the rooms on the ground floor you can see the frescoes of the original decoration, in International Gothic style, as well as a large painted medieval fireplace. In other rooms on the same floor there is a small tombstone museum.
On the main floor, you can visit a room built in the 16th century for Cardinal Ippolito II of Este and used for centuries by distinguished guests who visited the monastery. In the decorative bands of the building, the presence of the white eagle, heraldic symbol of the cardinal, who felt a special predilection for the place and in which he made some improvements, is notorious.
Lucrezia Borgia frequently retired to this place, to meditate and pray, as part of her beloved monastery of Corpus Domini.
