Seminario Vescovile di Treviso Review

Obtained from the ancient Dominican monastery, inside it preserves frescoes by Tomaso da Modena, a well-stocked library and a noteworthy ethnographic museum. Call to agree on how to visit

At the cloisters of the Episcopal Seminary it is possible to visit the Chapter Room for free (with the Crucifixion dating back to 1250 and the cycle of forty illustrious figures of the Dominican Order frescoed by Tomaso da Modena (painted between 1351 and 1352) and to see the ancient cloister Visits are possible from 8.00 to 19.00

Wonderful from all points of view: the classrooms, the structure of the buildings, the welcome of the staff and the efficiency in the answers! Super!!!!

The chapter room must be absolutely visited. There are frescoes where glasses appear for the 1st time in medieval frescoes. Not to be missed!

Beautiful frescoes in the room of the Chapter of the Dominicans

To visit the Sala del Capitolo with frescoes by Tommaso da Modena (13th-14th century) and the ancient cloister from the 15th century.

The frescoes in the Chapter room are splendid with illustrious Dominicans showing off glasses and magnifying glasses.

Many people come here to visit the famous frescos by Tommaso da Modena (1326 1379), commissioned in 1352 and depicting 40 great Dominican scholars, including St Thomas Aquinas, St Albert the Great, several Dominican Popes, Cardinals Annibaldi, Hugh Aycelin, Latino Malabranca Orsini, and Cardinal Hugh of Saint-Cher his portrait is apparently the earliest known fresco of somebody wearing glasses! Unfortunately many were hidden by renovation work when I visited but they are absolutely beautiful and very well worth the visit. You will find them in the Chapter Room and entry is free! However another famous person who graced this seminary is Pope Saint Pius X, who (prior to becoming Pope) was spiritual director of Treviso Seminary! You will find a plaque and a bust of him in the main entrance hall and also his name is listed on board of principal benefactors of the seminary. The cloister is also very beautiful and well worth a quiet stroll

Until the end of the 1800s, the mechanical clock visible in the photo was adjusted with the medium-time sundial on the right. This instrument was restored in the year 2000 as the original had almost completely disappeared because it had deteriorated over time.