PALAZZO GRAZIANI

The history of Palazzo Graziani can be reconstructed with some precision, above all from the sixteenth century, when the noble Perugian family of the Graziani decided to enlarge and transform the original medieval structure of the building.

Historians leave open the part played in these works by the great architect Jacopo Barozzi, known as Vignola (1507-1573), who is recorded as working in Umbria between 1554 and 1569 on several large projects.

Further work on the Palazzo, after the Renaissance articulation whose traces remain visible on the façade today, was carried out in the second half of the eighteenth century by Count Francesco Graziani and around 1820 by the last descendant of the family, Countess Anna Graziani Baglioni.

Quest’ultima, come racconta, tra gli altri, il Bonazzi nella sua Storia di Perugia, nel 1818 ospitò nel suo appartamento il granduca Michele, fratello dello zar di Russia Alessandro. In questa occasione, l’imperizia del granduca fu all’origine di un incendio che distrusse, tra l’altro, un quadro del Perugino ed una tela del Barocci.