Malvezzi Explained

Malvezzi is an Italian surname. Members of an aristocratic family from Bologna

Members of an aristocratic family from Bologna

• Annibale Malvezzi

Condottieri for Venetian armies, circa 1480

• Virgilio Malvezzi

(1595–1654) historian and essayist, soldier and diplomat

• Giovanni Luigi Malvezzi de’ Medici (1819-1892) politician, patriot, and Italian scholar.

The Malvezzi of Bologna were owners of prominent buildings in Bologna and surroundings, including:

• Palazzo Malvezzi-Lupari, Bologna
• Palazzo Malvezzi-Medici, Bologna
• Palazzo Malvezzi-Campeggi, Bologna
• Palazzo Malvezzi-Leoni, Bologna
• Palazzo Malvezzi-Hercolani at Castelguelfo
• Teatro Malvezzi, Bologna : Opera house built in 1651, burned down in 1745
• Rocca Malvezzi-Campeggi

medieval castle in Dozza

Other

• Cristofano Malvezzi (1547 – 1599) born Lucca, active in Florence as organist and composer
• Jacopo Malvezzi (died c. 1432): doctor and historiographer of Brescia

See also

• Malpezzi