The palace was originally built on the north side of Piazza Nuova (now Piazza Garibaldi) between 1283 and 1285, as "Palazzo dei Mercanti", following the demolition of the pre-existing houses. In late Romanesque style, it consisted of two distinct buildings, separated in the center by the narrow village of San Marco, which no longer exists today. Entirely covered in brick, it stood on a porch on the ground floor and was characterized on the first floor by two orders of mullioned windows and mullioned windows; the facade was crowned by a crenellation at the top.
Having lost its original mercantile functions, the building soon became the seat of the Captain of the city and, subsequently, of the Governor, the civil Auditor and other municipal magistrates; however, the architectural structure remained unchanged for centuries.
Following the collapse of the very high civic tower on January 27, 1606, which also caused the destruction of the town hall, the need arose to renovate the Governor's palace, which was initially unified by closing the village of San Marco with a vault; on the latter in 1673 a tower was erected, based on a project by Piacenza engineer Gian Battista Barattieri, which assumed the ancient functions of the destroyed civic tower, of which it kept the ancient bell called "third", dating back to 1453, preserved intact over the centuries until replaced with a copy in 1998.
Palazzo del Governatore
Address: Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 19, 43100
Phone: 0521 218929
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