posted on 2017-07-03, 00:00authored byG. Massiot & cie
The grand portal in the Piazza is surmounted by the city's symbols, the griffin of Perugia and the Imperial Guelf lion, in bronze; the originals were probably cast in the Arsenal of Venice, in 1274, the first European bronze castings in the round achieved since Antiquity.\u000a\u000aPalazzo del Popolo (begun 1293), later the Palazzo dei Priori , has a remarkable frescoed hall, the Sala dei Notari. In Perugia the magistratura dei Priori, 'magistrature of the first citizens', was established in 1303: the palazzo had been called the Palazzo Nuovo del Popolo ('New Palace of the People') to that point. Two more bays and a grand entrance portal were added to the piazza fa\u00E7ade in 1333-1337, together with the arcaded loggia, where decrees were publicly read. Later in the fourteenth century the palazzo was extended along the Corso, with six bays and a richly carved entrance doorway. Since 1873 the art museum Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria has been housed in the building.
History
Alt Title
Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria
Date Created
1910-01-01
Date Modified
2017-07-03
Spatial Coverage
+43.112+12.389|Perugia, Umbria, Italy: Corso Vannucci|Perugia
Temporal Coverage
before or circa 1910
Cultural Context
Gothic (Medieval)
Rights Statement
To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.