点评:Visitors looking into the palace's large central courtyard, with porticoes (the work of Francesco Capriani, known as Volterra), will likely be surprised to find it capped at the top by an iron and glass skylight, reminiscent of the 19th century. Indeed, the transformation dates back to the end of that century, when the entrepreneur Mossina converted it into a manufacturing facility (in addition to his private residence).
However, aside from the skylight, the building's basic layout is overall well preserved. And its transfer to municipal ownership in 2000 has facilitated its redevelopment. Currently, the palace can only be explored through guided tours, which (from what we've been able to verify) are very professional and informative.
It's worth remembering that the palace was initially the seat of the Torello counts, lords of Guastalla, from 1521, and then of the Gonzaga counts, branch of Guastalla (dukes from 1621), from 1567 to 1746. The latter is the year in which the duchy became part of the state of Parma and Piacenza, therefore Guastalla forever lost its function as a small capital.
翻译:游客步入宫殿宽敞的中央庭院,映入眼帘的是弗朗切斯科·卡普里亚尼(又名沃尔泰拉)设计的柱廊,庭院顶部竟是一座铁艺玻璃天窗,颇具19世纪风格,着实令人惊喜。事实上,这座天窗的改造可以追溯到19世纪末,当时企业家莫西纳将其改建为工厂(同时也是他的私人住宅)。
不过,除了天窗之外,宫殿的基本布局总体上保存完好。2000年,宫殿移交给市政当局,也为其重建工作提供了便利。目前,宫殿仅接受导览参观,据我们了解,导览团队非常专业,讲解内容也十分详尽。
值得一提的是,这座宫殿最初是托雷洛伯爵(瓜斯塔拉领主)的府邸,从 1521 年起;之后,从 1567 年到 1746 年,这里是贡扎加伯爵(瓜斯塔拉分支,1621 年起为公爵)的府邸。1746 年,瓜斯塔拉公国并入帕尔马和皮亚琴察邦,瓜斯塔拉也因此永远失去了作为小首府的功能。