Palazzo Del Podestà (Castell'Arquato)
Palazzo del Podestà is Italian for "Palace of the Chief Magistrate" of a town. Palazzo del Podestà may refer to: * Palazzo del Podestà, Bologna, a civic building in Bologna * , a building in Florence; see List of palaces in Italy * , a civic building in Forlì * Palazzo del Podestà, Mantua, a palazzo and site of municipal offices * near Piazza dei Signori, Verona * Palazzo del Podestà, Viterbo, a civic building in Viterbo * , near Piazza del Duomo, San Gimignano ** Palazzo Comunale, San Gimignano, a palazzo that was the podestà of San Gimignano during the 14th century * , a World Heritage site in Genoa * The Bargello, formerly Palazzo del Podestà, now an art museum in Florence * Part of the , a broletto (place of assembly) in Novara See also * Podestà * Palazzo Comunale (other) * Palazzo Pretorio (other) * Palazzo della Ragione (other) * Arengario, Italian government buildings of different historic periods * Arengo The Arengo was the ...
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Palazzo Del Podestà, Bologna
The Palazzo del Podestà is a civic building in Bologna, northern Italy. The edifice was built around 1200 as the seat of the local ''podestà'', the various functionaries of the commune. It stands on the Piazza Maggiore, near the Palazzo Comunale and facing the Basilica of San Petronio. Proving insufficient for the massive participation of the people in the city's government, it was in 1245 flanked by the Palazzo Re Enzo, over which stands the ''Torre dell'Arengo'', whose bell was used to call the people during emergencies. The Palazzo del Podestà is a long building, with a large hall on the upper floor. The lower floor is a double open arcade, the so-called ''Voltone del Podestà'', through which pass two lanes of shops. In 1453, Aristotile Fioravanti replaced the bell and reconstructed the original Gothic façade in the Renaissance style by order of Giovanni II Bentivoglio. In the ''Voltone'', in 1525, were placed the terracotta Terracotta, also known as terra c ...
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