Palazzo Crepadona


The Palazzo Crepadona is a medieval palace, presently used as a cultural center including a civic library and display halls in the historic center of Belluno, region of Veneto, Italy.

Description

The abandoned palace was acquired by the comune in 1973. In 1981, in project designed and directed by Mario Dal Mas, was converted into a cultural center. The building is derived from a set of adjacent medieval buildings, united to form an urban fortress. The houses surrounding the courtyard were joined together in 1558, as documented in the central fountain. The interiors contain a number of frescoes, dating from the 14th through the 16th-century.
The civic collections include the decorated third century Roman Sarcophagus of Gaio Flavio Ostilio Sertoriano and his wife Domizia discovered under the church of San Stefano in 1480. The reading room of the library displays 13 works by Masi Simonetti. The palace's chapel has a fresco mural by the Franciscan Ugolino da Belluno.
Among the library collections are works by the musician Antonio Miari and the soprano Giovanni Battista Velluti ; the humanists Andrea Alpago, Urbano Bolzanio, and Giovanni Pierio Valeriano. The collection also acquired the library of the Piloni family which had works by Cesare Vecellio, cousin of Titian.
Among recent exhibitions are: