PALACE OF THE PRIORS council hall

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Name: PALACE OF THE PRIORS - COUNCIL HALL
Type: hall
Art_classification: modern age
civilization: modern age
Historic Period: 1910
integrity: total
Country: Italy
Region: Umbria
Location: Assisi
satellite coordinates: 43.070904,12.615051
description language: english
belongin to: Palace of the Priors
Current use: public-private space

The Council hall was decorated at the time of Mayor Pietro Uber (1906-1910) by architect and painter Carlo Gino Venanzi (Assisi 1875-1964), creator of the wooden furnishings as well as the frescoes on the ceiling (1908-1909). The cloister vault portrays allegoric figures of School, Charity, Work and Hygiene, praising the Concord in times of Justice and Freedom. The eighteen lunettes (half-moon shares) are decorated with medallions with the coat of arms of Assisi and portraits of illustrious figures, each one identified by a scroll. The coats of arms of the main cities of Umbria can be seen in the pendentives (spaces between the arches).