Guarienti palace

Located in the center of Valeggio, it is a fortress with a façade in severe neoclassical Renaissance style, the work of the Veronese architect Piero Ceroni (1737-1802) active in Valeggio.

Guarienti palace, property of the first Guarienti and Carteri then, preserves traces of previous buildings of the sixteenth century above which it was rebuilt. The palace is mentioned in documents written since the second half of the sixteenth century and is known for having hosted Napoleon on May 30, 1796, when he risked being captured during a sortie by the Austrians, as recalled by a plaque on the facade. A second plaque on the right is dedicated to Don Giovanni Beltrame, a Valeggio missionary and explorer. On 1 June 1796 the Special Provveditore Nicolò Foscarini arrived in Valeggio from Venice to meet in this palace with Bonaparte, with this meeting the sanction of the sovereignty of the Serenissima Republic of San Marco was ratified.