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15-509: Palazzo Comunale may refer to: Palazzo Comunale, San Gimignano , seat of the civic authority in San Gimignano, Italy Palazzo Comunale, Clusone  [ it ] , site of an astronomical clock in Italy Palazzo d'Accursio or Palazzo Comunale, former site of administrative offices of the city of Bologna, Italy Topics referred to by

30-725: 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 Guido Marabottini , in Florentine terracotta of the fifteenth century. From here also starts the staircase for the climb to the Torre Grossa. The actual art gallery is located on the second floor. The gallery itself is on the second floor and contains works by Coppo di Marcovaldo , Lippo Memmi , Benozzo Gozzoli , Filippino Lippi , Il Sodoma , Pinturicchio , Azzo di Masetto , Niccolò di Ser Sozzo ; Taddeo di Bartolo , Lorenzo di Niccolò ,

45-549: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Palazzo Comunale, San Gimignano The building contains important fresco decorations by Memmo di Filippuccio , Lippo Memmi and others, a museum and a gallery with works of the Florentine and Sienese schools of art - including paintings by Coppo di Marcovaldo , Lippo Memmi , Benozzo Gozzoli , Filippino Lippi , Il Sodoma and Pinturicchio . The Palazzo Comunale dates from

60-618: Is featured in Giorgio Vasari 's Vite , who refers to him as Vincenzo da San Gimignano . His earliest works are some frescoes and paintings in Montalcino , including some works now in the church of the Madonna del Soccorso . In the apse of Santa Maria Assunta in the town of Arrone in Umbria , he painted frescoes in conjunction with Lo Spagna . This article about an Italian painter born in

75-501: Is located on the upper floors of the building and can be accessed both from the Piazza del Duomo 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 of

90-467: Is named for the noted poet Dante Alighieri who visited San Gimignano in 1300 as an ambassador of the Florentine Republic. He pleaded before the mayor and the general council the cause of a Tuscan Guelph league. The room is decorated with a Maestà by Lippo Memmi. Commissioned in 1317 by Nello de Mino Tolomei (then podestà of San Gimignano), the fresco is believed to have been inspired by

105-473: Is the highest tower in the walled town. The 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 Podestà, from 1337. The building houses the civic museum since 1852. The crenellated crown and other elements date back to the restoration carried out by Giuseppe Partini between 1878 and 1881. The Civic Museum of San Gimignano

120-411: 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. On the ground floor is a courtyard, which was built in 1323 and is decorated with the coats of arms of those who have held public office in

135-440: The life of Saint Gimignano ), a Madonna with Saints Gregory and Benedict by Pinturicchio , and two medieval crucifixes of the Florentine school . The Podestà apartments ( Camera del Podestà ) are frescoed with matrimonial scenes of a couple taking a bath and going to bed. (An unusual work by Memmo di Filippuccio dated to the early 14th century.) Vincenzo Tamagni Vincenzo Tamagni (1492 – c.  1516 )

150-401: The municipality. The main civic offices of the town council are now located on this ground floor. 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 " Torre Grossa ” (great tower). This tower was completed in 1300 and (at 54 meters)

165-542: The one painted by his brother-in-law Simone Martini's Maestà from the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena . The fresco shows Mary seated on a throne surrounded by adoring saints and angels (including patron Nello de Mino Tolomei). Just off the great hall is a meeting room which was originally used for private meetings. The next room was used by the city government. It contains the ancient carved and inlaid wooden seats (1475) and

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180-428: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Palazzo Comunale . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palazzo_Comunale&oldid=992040252 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

195-413: The second half of the fourteenth century, and a Justice that tramples on the lie monochrome of Vincenzo Tamagni (sixteenth century). From here starts the external staircase for the entrance to the premises of the museum, covered by a canopy supported by brick columns. The "Sala del Consiglio" is a large reception hall which was used as the council chamber. It is commonly known as the "Sala di Dante" and

210-512: The so-called Master of 1419, and Benedetto da Maiano . The first room is called The Trinity , due to a painting on this topic (1497) by Pier Francesco Fiorentino . It also houses a Madonna and Child with Saints by Leonardo da Pistoia and a Pietà by Bastiano Mainardi . Other rooms contain a Maestà from the late thirteenth century, altar decorations by Memmo di Filippuccio , a Madonna and Child by Vincenzo Tamagni (1528), several Gothic altarpieces (including one showing scenes from

225-722: Was an Italian painter of the Renaissance . Born in San Gimignano , he became an apprentice first with il Sodoma at Monte Oliveto Maggiore , and then worked in the Vatican Loggie under Raphael in Rome (1512-1516). Drawings of the Raphael frescoes in Tamagni's hand exist. He mainly painted in the towns surrounding Siena . He painted altarpieces for San Girolamo and Sant'Agostino in San Gimignano. He

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