Baptistery

Built in 1516 on the site of an older church dedicated to St. Martin. After the demolition of the old Baptistery in 1555, when the square was enlarged after the construction of the new cathedral, it took both the title and the function. The 1873 earthquake destroyed the nearby little church of St. Andrew, from…

De Bertoldi Palace

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…

Giuristi Palace

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…

Vescovi Palace

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…

Miari Palace

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…

City Hall

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…

Rettori Palace

For almost four hundred years it was the seat of the venetian rectors sent by Venice to rule over Belluno and its territory. In front of an older fortified building erected in 1409 (and completely burned in 1802) was added in 1491 by the venetian rector Maffeo Tiepolo a first lodge with a three arch…

Palace of the Province

Today’s building is an enlargement, designed in 1926-28 by architect Alberto Alpago-Novello, to close in a monumental way the southern perspective of Piazza Duomo, in order to host the Province’ administration, whose previous seat was in the nearby Piloni palace. The new building was erected where there used to be the old city grammar school,…