Chiericati Palace is a Renaissance building located in Vicenza in Piazza Matteotti, next to the end of Corso Palladio.
Designed by the architect Andrea Palladio in 1550 as a noble residence for the Chiericati counts and built starting in 1551, the building was only completed at the end of the seventeenth century.
Historic seat of the civic museum since 1855, it houses the civic art gallery, which includes collections of prints, drawings, numismatics, medieval and modern statuary.
The palace has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1994 together with the other Palladian architecture of the city.
Date opened: 1680
Construction started in: 1550
Architectural style: Renaissance
Chiericati Palace
Address: Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 37/39
Phone: 0444 222811
Site:
http://www.museicivicivicenza.it/it/mcp/palazzo_chiericati.phpLocation inserted by
Pierpaolo Dori