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Palazzo dei Priori
Palazzo dei Priori
General information
StatusThe building is well-preserved and renovated
Architectural styleGothic
LocationPiazza IV Novembre
Town or cityPerugia
CountryItaly
Construction started1293
Construction stopped1443

History and Architecture

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Description

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The facade of the Palace in 1895
The facade of the Palace toward Piazza IV Novembre

External Facades

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Portale Maggiore

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The inside

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The Sala dei Notari

Sala dei Notari

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Sala della Vaccara

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Sala del consiglio

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Cappella dei priori

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Sala del Collegio del Cambio

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Sala dell'Udienza del Collegio del Cambio

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

Sala del Collegio della Mercanzia

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Notes

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  1. ^ Wharton, Edith (1897). The Decoration of Houses. B.T. Batsford. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8478-2916-3.

Bibliography

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  • Touring Club Italiano-La Biblioteca di Repubblica (2004). L'Italia: Umbria. Touring editore.
  • F.F.Mancini , Il Palazzo dei Priori di Perugia, ediz. Quatroemme"

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