{"id":4027,"date":"2019-03-25T17:17:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T16:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/?page_id=4027"},"modified":"2019-03-25T17:17:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T16:17:03","slug":"palazzo-vescovile-bishops-palace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/palazzo-vescovile-bishops-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Palazzo Vescovile (Bishop&#8217;s Palace)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Placed on the left of the <strong>Cathedral<\/strong>, and accessible by a staircase, the Palace was commissioned by Bishop <em>Angelo Cesi <\/em>in 1593. It was built where the Canons&#8217; houses were situated, as a residence worthy of a Renaissance Prince and Patron.<\/p>\n<p>The building was structured on four floors: downstairs, at the garden level (called &#8220;<em>Bishop&#8217;s orchard), <\/em>currently abandoned, there were the kitchens, the stables, the cellars and the warehouses. The first floor was accessible by the <strong>main entrance, attributed to Vignola, <\/strong>and housed the curia, the chancery and the archive. From there, a monumental staircase would lead to the piano nobile which housed the <strong>Sala del trono<\/strong> (throne Room) conceived as a State Room and glorification of the Bishop authority, where hearings would take place.\u00a0 The room, frescoed by <strong>Ferra\u00f9 de Faenza<\/strong>, included the cartouches and the portaits of all the pastors of Todi from <em>St. Terenziano <\/em>to <em>Angelo Cesi.<\/em> On the same floor, the private chapel and the <strong>Gallery, frescoed by painter Andrea Polinori <\/strong>with episodes of Todi history, were placed. From there, the Bishop&#8217;s private halls, currently used as Diocesan library, could be reached. 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