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Palazzo Morpurgo is a detached seat of the Gamud and contains the Gallerie del Progetto, archives of architecture and design as well as exhibitions especially dedicated to design in Friuli
The permanent collections, most of which were formed from donations, included the archives of the architects Raimondo D'Aronco, Ottorino Aloisio, Pietro Zanini, Marcello D'Olivo, Angelo Masieri and, for design, the archive of Electrolux Zanussi. The elegant 18th century building has a interior courtyard and a garden with a loggia. The owners, the Valvason counts (from Giambattista Canal to Giuseppe Borsato) had it was decorated in 1805 with a cycle of frescoes inspired by Canova and his refined neoclassical taste. In 1871 the villa was bought by the banker Abramo Morpurgo, whose son Elio became the mayor of Udine and senator, a distinguished patron and high profile personality in Udine in the early 1900s, and a victim of the holocaust in 1944. In 1969 the building was donated to the City of Udine by his heirs with the stipulation that it used as a museum.
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Via Savorgnana,12 - 33100 Udine
Telefono: +39 0432 - 414742
Fax: +39 0432 - 414745
Email: silvia.bianco@comune.udine.it
Manager: dott.ssa Silvia Bianco
Opening Hours:
Tuesday - Friday - 15.00 - 18.00
Saturday and Sunday - 10.30 - 19.00
Closed Monday
Closed for holidays: 1 January, 1 May, 15 August and Christmas
 | Mostra 'Le vie degli orti' Gli orti urbani e la loro evoluzione del contesto udinese Insert date 04/05/12 |
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