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| Palazzo dei Priori | |
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| General information | |
| Status | The building is well-preserved and renovated |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| Location | Piazza IV Novembre |
| Town or city | Perugia |
| Country | Italy |
| Construction started | 1293 |
| Construction stopped | 1443 |
History and Architecture[edit]
Description[edit]
External Facades[edit]
Portale Maggiore[edit]
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The pulpit -
The facade toward Corso Vannucci -
The Portale maggiore -
A Griffin and a Lion, symbols of the city, decorate the entrance from Piazza della fontana
The inside[edit]
Sala dei Notari[edit]
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Sala dei Notari -
The 16th century seats along the perimeter of the room -
Detail -
The medieval frescoes were realized by local artists
Sala della Vaccara[edit]
Sala del consiglio[edit]
Cappella dei priori[edit]
Sala del Collegio del Cambio[edit]
Another important room with an independent entrance on Corso Vannucci, is the room of Udienza del Collegio del Cambio, frescoed between 1498 and 1500 by Perugino, with the help of the pupil Raffaello (of him are the Fortezza and the face of Salomone) and furnished with a great wood bench (Domenico del tasso, 1492-1493) and seats along the walls (Antonio da Mercatello, 1508). Complete the decoration a terracotta statue, which realization is doubt (maybe of Benedetto da Maiano), representing the justice.
The ceiling of Sala del Collegio del Cambio was defined, by Edith Wharton in her "The Decoration of Houses", as one of the three perfect ceiling of the world: «Of all forms of ceiling adornment painting is the most beautiful. Italy, which contains the three perfect ceilings of the world - those of Mantegna in the ducal palace of Mantua (see Plate XXV), of Perugino in the Sala del Cambio at Perugia and of Araldi in the Convent of St. Paul at Parma - is the best field for the study of this branch of art.»[1]
Sala del Collegio della Mercanzia[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Wharton, Edith (1897). The Decoration of Houses. B.T. Batsford. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8478-2916-3.
Bibliography[edit]
- Touring Club Italiano-La Biblioteca di Repubblica (2004). L'Italia: Umbria. Touring editore.
- F.F.Mancini , Il Palazzo dei Priori di Perugia, ediz. Quatroemme"