Castello del Buonconsiglio monumenti e collezioni provinciali

The Refettorio in front of the Cellar

The Refettorio is reached by crossing the garden and grounds of the Giunta Albertiana, and is connected to the cellar. Entering through a lovely doorway with Bernardo Cles’s coat of arms, the Refettorio conserves one of the most interesting of the Magno Palazzo decorations, done by Marcello Fogolino around 1532. Two concerts are depicted on the walls toward the garden; and a large representation (Silberbuffet) of plates, glasses, pitchers and other precious items used for banquets. The vaults are decorated with grotesques on a yellow-gold background, and encircled images depicting Bernardo Cles’s cardinal coat of arms, a man squeezing a cluster of grapes, another one tasting some wine, and a young woman with a wheat stalk. Further in the Refettorio is a 16th century washbasin, above which is a lunette with a frescoed scene of dancing and rustic balls. At the entrance to the cellar, to the left, is the inscription that notes the beginning of the Magno Palazzo construction on February 25, 1528.

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