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A building probably dating from the XV century, then heavily altered, with elements from the XVI century and later structural interventions. Particularly interesting the stone bust fixed high on the north-west façade, facing Reviviscar palace, dated 1566 and portraying Andrea Alpago (who died in 1522) dressed in middle eastern style. A bellunese scholar, a traveler…
The palace was built in the mid XVIII century, on an empty space belonging to the Alpago family that was kept clear because of its possible military use behind the city wall. The owner, Andrea Alpago, wanted it to be completed by the architect Valentino Alpago-Novello for the wedding of his daughter Marianna with Matteo…
The long façade, with its stone decorations around windows and portals, is scrolled along the south-west side of Via San Lucano. Today’s architectural result is the sum of at least three different house bought and assembled between XVII and XVIII century by the Campelli family, arriving from Longarone and working in the lumber trade, after…
Today’s palace was built on the site where used to be the ancient Canonical House, recorded since IX century. The structure has been retouched many times and was completely rebuilt during the years of the bishop, and learned scholar, Alvise Lollino (1597-1625), who left to the Cathedral his collection of books and manuscripts, the famous…
The original part of this large palace was built by Odorico Piloni in the mid XVI century, a way to show to the city the new power acquired by his family, a few decades after the arrival of his father Antonio from Valle di Cadore and his admission in the noble city council in 1506.…
Simple XVI century building, with a peculiar double central window and the low roof structure of the first floor, that was meant to be used by the servants of the noble owners. The palace hasn’t been particularly modified in its structure, but only in the shops on the ground floor facing the Cathedral square. It…
Built in 1664 by the College of Jurists, created in 1491 to gather all bellunese graduated in Law at Padua University, nobles and not nobles. On the outside it shows some inscriptions and coat of arms of the benefactors (venetian rectors, bishops and simple citizens) who gave to College the properties that allowed it to…
The ancient castle of the Count-Bishop, according to the historical tradition it was built (or probably just enlarged and strengthened) at the end of XII century by Gherardo de Taccoli, the bishop who died in 1196 fighting in a battle against Treviso. The tower holds the big bell that since 1403 used to call for…
A XV century structure, with later enlargements and changes, that were necessary to adapt the building to the rapidly increasing nearby palace that Venice was raising to host its governors. Peculiar and rare the solution adopted for the ground floor arcade, with the twin central columns. The building also testifies the passage from one branch…
The present building was realized in neogothical style in 1838 by the architect Giuseppe Segusini on the site of and with some architectural elements from the old Palazzo Comunale, called “La Caminada”. The old building was demolished because of the impossibility– at the time – to restructure it. According to local historicists the original building…