Palazzo Comunale (Loggia)

Sacile's Loggia, now the town hall on Piazza del Popolo, grew from the civic autonomy the city received in 1190 and was rebuilt by Donato da Como in 1483.

Why it matters

The loggia is closely tied to Sacile's political history. Assemblies, councils, archives and theatrical performances all occupied the building before it became the municipal seat in 1930. Its facade and interior preserve traces of the city's civic institutions and later national history.

What to notice

Busts of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Cavour and Vittorio Emanuele II stand beneath the open loggia. Plaques commemorate the 1918 victory bulletin and Sacilese who fell in the Risorgimento. City arms and Savoy insignia appear on the upper facade, alongside a column marking a 1728 market concession. Elongated pergola-style windows recall the building's period as a theatre.

Context and history

An earlier fourteenth-century loggia preceded Donato da Como's enlargement in 1483. Painter Antonio Zago decorated the building, of which traces remain. The arengo, or assembly of family heads, met here, as did the Consiglio Nobile; the notarial college archive was also kept in the palace. From the sixteenth century the hall hosted amateur and travelling theatre companies. A 1785 conversion created a formal theatre. After theatrical use declined, the restored building became Sacile's town hall in 1930.