It was already built in 1606 as a “hospitio per persone nobili con letti, et in somma con tutte le comodità” (Pia Casa) serving the pilgrims of the adjacent Sanctuary. In 1740, a document from the Pia Casa regulated hospitality for the caretaker, a doctor, a school (two teachers: one elementary and the other of Latin), but also for the lieutenant of Udine who spent two months a year on vacation and for Bishop Gabrieli who “la magior parte del anno dimorava a Cordovado”. 

For almost the entire nineteenth century, it was still owned by the “Luogo Pio Elemosiniere”, then, on June 27, 1884, it was transferred to the Municipality as a town hall and school. It houses an interesting fresco of Madonna allattante by Giuseppe Moretto. 

The character: Francesco Cecchini (1819-1897)

Railway engineer and mathematician, a great benefactor of the community, he distinguished himself as a designer of the imperial railways and, as a consultant for the Railway Company, participated in the construction of important railways in Veneto and Friuli, including the Portogruaro-Casarsa which placed the railway station right in Cordovado due to his involvement (1886). He actively worked in all the social and charitable organizations of the town, leaving all his assets to the community. 

He served as mayor of Cordovado from 1882 to 1897.