Casa Pigafetta is a palace built in 1440. Here was born and he abode Antonio Pigafetta, Vicentine navigator who kept the diary during the historic circumnavigation of the globe by Ferdinand Magellan.
Reworked by Matteo Pigafetta in 1481, it is a rare example of gothic, with unique and pleasing decorations, focusing on twist. The windows of the first and second floor are three-lobed, in arabesque style. The portal, which dates back to the Renaissance, is flanked by an inscription in old French: "Il n'est roses, sans espine " (there is no rose without thorns), alluding to the emblem of the House of Pigafetta. The facade features an inscription dedicated to Antonio Pigafetta. On the front you can see a cornucopia (symbol of prosperity and abundance) and winged griffins; between the arches coat of arms of eagles with spread wings and other heraldic coats of arms. The exuberance and the type of decoration resemble those of some monumental buildings in Lombardy: the Colleoni Chapel in Bergamo and the Certosa di Pavia. In the fourteenth century the area was inhabited by Pigafetta, families of exiled Florentine Guelphs .
The interior of the building, subject in 1990 to a troubled restoration, is not open to the public as still inhabited.