The “IL MASCHERONE” Bed & Breakfast takes its name from the - TopicsExpress

The “IL MASCHERONE” Bed & Breakfast takes its name from the marble gargoyle over the arch of the old entrance. Skilful conservative restoration of an old “cassero” (a type of building typical of the Ferrara area), enabled the coffered ceilings and frescoes dating from the 15th and 16th centuries to be recovered. The cassero is built mainly in the vertical and its width is determined by the length of the mature tree trunk used for the load-bearing beams which also originally supported the wooden floors. The restoration created four spacious welcoming rooms with bathroom in place of the four flatlets present previously. Each room is personalised with similar but different colours and furniture. The rooms are named after some of the contrade (districts) competing in the Ferrara Palio, held to be the oldest in the world: “Lince Bendata” (“Blindfolded Lynx”), the “Ippogrifo (“Hippogriff”), the “Idra” (“Hydra”) and the “Aquila Sulla Ruota” (“Eagle on a Wheel”) rooms.