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and from the courtyard behind the Palace. The courtyard was built in 1323 and is decorated with frescoes or sculpted coats of arms and, in the center, a cistern arranged in 1361. Among the frescoes is a Sant'Ivo that makes justice of Sodom, a
Madonna with two saints by an unidentified Sienese painter
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Palazzo Comunale, seat of the government of San Gimignano, was built in 1288. Enlarged in 1323, the palace became the seat of the town after it had taken place in the nearby Palazzo Vecchio del PodestĂ , from 1337. The building houses the civic museum since 1852. The crenellated crown and other
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Palazzo Comunale dates from the late 13th century, and was built on the ruins of an existing building between 1289 and 1298. Further expanded in the 14th century, the facade is characterised by arched windows, with the lower half of the frontage built with stone, and the upper part in brick.
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The next room was used by the city government. It contains the ancient carved and inlaid wooden seats (1475) and a bust of San
Bartolo in coloured terracotta of the first half of the fifteenth century within a niche. On this floor, there is another small room with a bust of
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On the first floor is a stepped gallery from which dignitaries would address the gathered crowd in the square. The battlements date from a restoration of the nineteenth century, and the structure is capped by the
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who visited San
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of those who have held public office in the municipality. The main civic offices of the town council are now located on this ground floor.
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SanGimignano.com - Comune tourism site - People's Palace
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