Palazzo Leoni Montanari, a Baroque residence located in the heart of Vicenza, is the only one in the town to be declaredly Baroque in taste, characterised by a grandiose decoration in stucco and fresco. In 1999, after modification of the spaces to meet new display standards, Banca Intesa - today, Intesa Sanpaolo - inaugurated the Galleries of Palazzo Leoni Montanari. The Galleries in Vicenza represent the first project to be undertaken by the Bank in the museum sector. It is a vision of the museums mission that the Galleries of Vicenza share with other cultural and exhibition centres owned by Intesa Sanpaolo elsewhere in Italy: the Galleries of Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano in Naples, active since 2007, and those of Piazza Scala in Milan, inaugurated in 2011. Today Palazzo Leoni Montanari is the guardian of three major Intesa Sanpaolo collections: vases from Greece and Magna Graecia, Venetian painting of the 18th century, and Russian icons; a rich and varied series of works of art, and the expression of very different civilisations and figurative traditions.