Casa Calzolari

The first documentary evidence of the building ascribes it to the Preti family after whom the alley between the building and the church of Santa Maria Maggiore takes its name.
Originally, the size of the building at the west side must have been influenced by the presence of the church cemetery, where the garden next to the property can be found today.
Passed on to the Fibbia family and then, after the extinction of their line, to the Fabri and Pallavicini families in the mid-18th century, the building is connected to the nearby church via a covered passage that allowed the family to attend liturgical services without mixing with the other churchgoers.
The current condition of the building is due to the intervention of the "multiform" engineer Antonio Zannoni, dating back to between 1874 and 1876.
As regards the style of the façade, bordering the 15th century Palazzo Fibbia, the engineer adeptly used a decidedly eclectic language inspired by the late 15th century Bologna.