Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II is still the centre of the town and the main market place, in which Palazzo Vaccari, now the town hall, stands out. Recently returned to the community after expert restoration, during the 20th century the building was the town's main primary school. ‘Educa e spera’ (educate and hope) reads the inscription on the rear façade of the building: the inscription was commissioned by the then mayor Antonio Schiratti, an important figure in the history of Pieve as a supporter of the education of the poorer classes and women in particular.
Palazzo Vaccari also celebrates another illustrious pievigino: Andrea Zanzotto, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century in Italy and Europe. Born here in 1921, he made Pieve di Soligo a true capital of poetry, and the town still pays tribute to him in many ways, starting with the wire mesh work with which artist Mario Martinelli depicted the poet's shadow. With the hilly landscape in the background, Andrea Zanzotto is remembered as he walks - with his familiar figure for the people of Pieve, characterised by a long scarf and a hat that he always wore in cold weather - accompanied by his verse ‘Lontan massa son “ndat pur stando qua”, (’I have gone very far, while staying here") emblematic of his relationship with his homeland.
