Palazzo delle Paure

Lecco

Palazzo delle Paure in Lecco: Museum Center Civic Museums of Lecco

Temporary and permanent art collections and mountaineering observatory

Palazzo delle Paure is place in Lecco’s old center (Piazza XX Settembre) looking at the lakeside and at Piazza Cermenati.
It has a Neo-medieval eclectic style and was built at early 1900 on a part of the old town wall of the fortified village and until 1964 it was the office of the Customs House. Lecco’s citizens came there to pay their taxes, due to this its name of Palazzo delle Paure (Palace of Fears).

On its tower overlooking Piazza XX Settembre you can see the marble coat of arms of Visconti’s family representing a snake with a child.

The building, composed by 4 floors, hosts temporary art exhibitions, a fixed Contemporary Art Section including the most important local artists (Vitali, Secomandi, Stefanoni, Chiappori, Gasparini) and some of the greatest Italian artists (Castellani, Baj, Scanavino, Cavaliere, Rotella, Pomodoro) and the Section of Photography and Graphics.

Thanks to the cumulative ticket of the Museum System of Lecco, you can visit Villa Manzoni and Palazzo Belgiojoso too.