Piazza Cima

Piazza Cima brings Conegliano's civic and cultural buildings together on a gentle slope below the castle hill. The town hall, Palazzo da Collo and Teatro Accademia frame a space closely connected with the Contrada Grande.

Why it matters

The square joins different periods of the city's architecture. Its proximity to the Duomo and Sala dei Battuti links civic administration, theatre and religious patronage within the same historic centre.

What to notice

Ottavio Scotti's eighteenth-century town hall has a ground-floor portico and balustraded windows above. Busts of Garibaldi and Vittorio Emanuele II mark its frontage. The Teatro Accademia rises above a broad staircase flanked by stone sphinxes, introducing a neoclassical composition opposite the other historic buildings.

Context and history

The Battuti church and hall established an important medieval presence along the neighbouring street. The later town hall and Andrea Scala's theatre, built between 1859 and 1869, added civic and cultural layers. Piazza Cima also became a film setting for Pietro Germi's Signore & signori of 1966.