Palazzo Del Comune, Parma
The Palazzo del Comune ("Palace of the Commune or Municipality") is a monumental building located in Piazza Garibaldi forming part of the civic center of Parma, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. The building houses municipal offices. Across the Piazza Garibaldi (and the busy intersections of Stradas Mazzini, della Republica, Cavour and Luigi Carlo Farini) are a number of other prominent buildings including the Palazzi del Podesta and Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, del Governatore, and the neoclassical Church of San Pietro Apostolo. History The present late-Renaissance architecture, Renaissance-style facade facing the piazza remains in unclad brick (typically the brick would have been covered by either stone or plaster. The present structure, with its tall open arcades, was designed starting in 1627 by Giovanni Battista Magnani, but only completed by 1673, without its external decoration. The adjacent, and linked, crenallated Gothic architecture, Gothic-style Palazzo della Podesta ...
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