Palazzo Comunale, Piacenza

Palazzo Comunale (also called Palazzo Gotico) is a Gothic style palace located facing Piazza del Cavalli in the historic center of Piacenza, northern Italy which now serves as the seat of municipal administration.

The facade is flanked by two bronze equestrian statues sculpted by Francesco Mochi and depicting the Farnese Dukes of Parma: Ranuccio (1612–20) and his father, Alexander (1620-1629).

Across the piazza is the late-Baroque or early neoclassic Palazzo del Governatore (1787) designed by Lotario Tomba.

[1] Following the first project, the palace should have been quadrangular, but work was stopped due to an epidemic plague.

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Facade of Palazzo Gotico with Equestrian statue of Alessandro Farnese (left)