The Palazzo Porto Colleoni Thiene, also called a villa or castello, is a prominent palace structure in the town center of Thiene.
Description
The castle has two lateral battlement or tower-like corners, with merlonated roof edges. It was completed by 1476 in the late Gothic style typical of palaces in the Veneto, including the tall columns and ogival windows on the piano nobile. The initial architect was Domenico da Venezia, but the work was completed by Giovanni da Porta. The interior is frescoed by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo and Giovanni Battista Zelotti.[1]
Oratorio della Natività della Vergine
The Oratorio della Natività della Vergine (Oratory of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary), also known as the "Chiesetta Rossa" (Little Red Church), is a small late Gothic church or oratory, located on Corso Garibaldi. It was also erected in 1470 by the aristocratic Da Porto family. Its vertical frontage echoes the nearby palazzo, of which it was once the chapel.[2][3][4][5][6]
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The former chapel
References
- ^ City site
- ^ *Municipal site of the Comune di Thiene
- ^ Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali: Thiene. centro storico della città di Thiene con il duomo, il palazzo Colleoni Porto Thiene, l'oratorio della Natività della Vergine e la torre campanaria
- ^ "Thiene, le eccellenze artigiane sfilano al castello" in La Stampa, 27 November 2014
- ^ Bruttomesso, Annachiara (1994). Storia di Thiene: L'età contemporanea (in Italian). Comune di Thiene. p. 127. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max-Planck-Institute - photographs
45°42′24″N 11°28′42″E / 45.7066°N 11.4783°E
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