5/5 Asiyah Noemi K. 3 years ago on Google
The
beautiful
atmosphere
of
the
main
town
square
can
be
attributed
to
the
Palazzo
d'Accursio.
The
beautiful
atmosphere
was
evoked
by
the
famous
musician
Luccio
Dalla
in
his
unforgettable
song
Piazza
Grande.
The
Palazzo
D’Accursio,
located
in
the
center
of
Bologna
in
Piazza
Maggiore,
is
one
of
the
most
important
buildings
in
Bologna,
which
has
been
the
seat
of
the
city
since
1336.
Now
is
the
city's
Town
Hall.
A
significant
building
for
the
city
of
Bologna,
rich
in
history.
The
earliest
structure
of
the
Palazzo
d'Accursio
originally
began
as
the
residence
of
the
jurist
Accursius,
but
over
time,
it
was
incorporated
and
expanded
to
include
adjacent
buildings
to
house
civic
offices.
In
1336
it
became
the
seat
of
the
Anziani
("Elders"),
the
highest
magistrates
of
the
commune,
and
then
the
seat
of
the
government.
In
the
15th
century
it
was
refurbished
under
the
designs
of
architect
Fioravante
Fioravanti,
who
added
the
Clock
Tower
(Torre
d'Accursio).
The
façade
features
a
portcullis
and
a
Madonna
with
Child,
a
terracotta
by
Niccolò
dell'Arca
(1478)
in
the
upper
section.
Over
the
portal
is
a
large
bronze
statue
of
Bolognese
Pope
Gregory
XIII
(1580).
A
bronze
statue
of
Pope
Boniface
VIII,
once
here,
is
now
in
the
Medieval
Museum.
Inside
the
complex
it
is
possible
to
visit,
climbing
the
sixteenth-century
cordoned
staircase
attributed
to
Bramante,
up
to
the
Hall
of
the
Communal
Council,
on
the
first
floor,
where
the
Bolognese
Senate
met,
and
contains
a
gallery
ceiling
frescoed
with
Baroque-style
quadrature
by
Angelo
Michele
Colonna
and
Gioacchino
Pizzoli
(1675–1677).
The
palace
is
also
home
to
the
Civic
Art
Collection,
with
paintings
from
the
Middle
Ages
to
the
19th
century,
the
Museo
Morandi,
with
the
works
by
Giorgio
Morandi,
and
the
Biblioteca
Salaborsa,
the
town
libraries.
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