Palazzo Cordellina, 18th century palace in central Vicenza, Italy.
Palazzo Cordellina is an 18th-century building with a facade showing two stacked layers of columns: Doric on the ground level and Ionic above. Inside, wall frescoes created in the 1780s decorate the rooms throughout the structure.
Carlo Cordellina, a Venetian jurist who also owned Villa Cordellina, bought the site and had the Jesuit buildings standing there demolished. Ottone Calderari designed the palace in 1774, but the executed scheme was far smaller than the original plan, which would have reached Piazza San Lorenzo. A bombing on 18 March 1945 damaged part of the decoration, and restoration work ran from 2007 to 2011, with the frescoes completed at the end of 2012.
The palace takes its name from the Cordellina family who commissioned it as their residence. Inside, frescoed walls display artistic scenes that visitors encounter while moving through the rooms.
The palace is managed by the Bertoliana Library and opens to visitors during exhibitions and special events held in the historic center. Check current opening times before visiting, as access depends on scheduled activities rather than fixed hours.
The 1774 design by Ottone Calderari was far larger than what was built: it was meant to reach Piazza San Lorenzo. Carlo Cordellina, also owner of Villa Cordellina, had the earlier buildings on the site, occupied by Jesuits, bought and demolished. A 1945 bombing destroyed part of the frescoes.
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