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It was built by Feliciano Gerardi in the 1760s and was enlarged and renovated between 1725 and 1732 by Antonio Francesco Morotti Gerardi, Feliciano's son-in-law and adopted son. The latter entrusted the work to master mason Nicolò Cesari under the direction of master Felice Tucci, both from Foligno. Acquired by the Roncalli Benedetti family (1795), it came to the Mancia Salvini family (1858), to whom we owe the interior decoration of the palace and in particular the decoration of the chapel (no longer extant today). The palace has four floors: a first floor, the main floor, and two upper floors used for services and servants. The main entrance has a portal surmounted by a Christological monogram decoration connected to the underlying Marian monogram. Above the seven windows on the main floor are adorned with elegant stone cornices, as well as the smaller ones on the upper floors. The interior decorations, dating from the 19th century, are particularly fascinating. On the second floor, we encounter the Music Room, with an allegory of Music in the center of the vault. In the next room, we find an elegant blue and ochre decoration, followed by the portrait room and a room with the coat of arms of Foligno in the center of the ceiling and views of city monuments, such as the cathedral and the town hall, on either side. On the third floor was the chapel, which was destroyed in the 1960s during restoration work. The chapel had the most interesting decoration in the palace; it had been built in the 19th century at the behest of Bishop Felicissimo Salvini to the design of architect Vincenzo Vitali and decorated in 1877-1878 by Canzio Cangi of Assisi and Domenico Bellini of Spello.