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Palazzo dei Priori, a monument symbolizing the city’s civic power, overlooks Piazza del Plebiscito.
Still home to the Town Hall today, on the ground floor the Palazzo houses the Museo dei Portici, a branch of the Museo Civico Luigi Rossi Danielli of Viterbo, and on the upper floor, the Piano Nobile with its frescoed rooms.
Designed by Bernardo Rossellino, the Palazzo was initially conceived as the residence of the Governor of the Heritage of San Pietro in Tuscia. The building’s history is connected to the Della Rovere family, first with Pope Sixtus IV and later with Pope Julius II. In 1510, with Francesco Della Rovere, the building becomes the permanent seat of the Priors.
The exterior of the Palazzo recalls the fifteenth-century project. The façade progresses horizontally on three levels with the coat of arms of Pope Sixtus IV (1471-1484), belonging to the Della Rovere family, at the centre of the palace.
The central window is perfectly aligned with Via Cavour and on September 3rd, 1857, the central column was removed to allow the pontiff a better view of the Macchina di Santa Rosa. Both Pope Pius IX and Pope John Paul II appeared at this window.
The Piano Nobile, or main floor, houses a series of frescoed rooms with pictorial decorations created between the end of the fifteenth century and the end of the eighteenth century.
The entrance at the centre of the building leads to the internal garden, adorned with a seventeenth-century fountain, and from which, looking out over the balaustre in peperino – typical stone of the Viterbo area - one can admire the panorama of Valle Faul
Starting in April
Daily: From 10:00 am – 07:00 pm
Starting in September
Monday to Friday: 10:00 am – 01:00 pm / 03:00 pm – 07:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 am – 07:00 pm
From November to March
Monday to Friday: 10:00 am – 01:00 pm / 03:00 pm – 06:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 am – 06:00 pm
Closed on Tuesday
Last admission: 1 hour before closing time
