The ancient town
COMMUNE PALACE

The Council building (also called Palazzo dei Priori) was designed by Angelo da Orvieto and it is one of the most outstanding municipal sites in Umbria.
Built between 1322 and1338 (and partially finished with the first order of beautiful mullioned windows with two lights on 1338) and in the past, richly frescoed in the interior. The elegant style and the severe ashlar mole, prelude the appearance of a Tuscany Renaissance Palace.
Time has tested the sandstone stone frame decorations and columns seals and the entrance appears very solemn, with its strong octagonal columns, ribs and big groins of wide cross vault, held in place by beautiful capitals. A grand sixteenth century staircase leads to the wide Council Hall, where some roman ruins are conserved (centuries II BC - I AC).