Architecture

Municipal Palace of San Gimignano, detail of the arcades of the courtyard

San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy

Palazzo Comunale [Italian]
Palazzo del Popolo [Italian]
Palazzo Nuovo del Podestà [Italian]
Municipal Palace of San Gimignano, detail of the arcades of the courtyard

Architecture

structure overview
Municipal Palace of San Gimignano
architectural element(s)
arcade

Architecture: Municipal Palace of San Gimignano

full/alternative names
People's Palace, New Palace of the Podestà
built
1288-1298
culture
Italian
style/period
Medieval
work type
since 1298
city hall / town hall
since 1852
art museum
material
brick, stone
technique
masonry, stonemasonry
architect / constr. phase
1323
enlargement and construction of the courtyard
1878-1881
Giuseppe Partini
restoration

Geography

Europe » Southern Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Province of Siena » San Gimignano
local language location name
San Gimignano, Italia [Italian]

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Historic Centre of San Gimignano
type
cultural
criteria
I, III, IV
designation
reference
550

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
5,472 × 3,648  pixel
46.3 × 30.9 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
colour corrected
copyrights
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