The Museum of Risorgimento and Contemporary Age in Faenza houses a collection of objects and documents regarding historical figures and events in Faenza and its surroundings starting from 1790, the year in which Napoleon’s troops arrived in town, to the end of the Second World War in 1945. It also preserves letters and portraits of the major protagonists of Italian Risorgimento, such as Giuseppe Mazzini, Giuseppe Garibaldi and Vittorio Emanuele II, as well as papers about wars in Italian colonies and the First World War. At present , in expectation of opening, it is under inventory and preparation.

PALAZZO LADERCHI
Designed by architect Francesco Tadolini, the exterior architecture or the palace foreshadows Neoclassical style, which is instead dominating inside the building, decorated by Felice Giani, Gaetano Bertolani and Antonio Trentanove. Particularly interesting for their stylistic unity and beauty are the Feast Hall, whose decoration depicts the story of Eros and Psyche, and the elliptical room dedicated to astronomy.