Palazzo dei Banchi

Palazzo dei Banchi is a Renaissance-style palace façade located on the eastern flank of the Piazza Maggiore in the center of Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Amid the houses emerged small alleys: Via Pescherie Vecchie, Via Clavature, and Via degli Orefici, each with their own concentration of businesses.

[1] In 1565-1568, the commune and merchants wishing to create a pleasing architectural component to this site, commissioned from the architect Vignola, the present design.

Each floor has its own Mannerist rhythm of window placement, unifying the complex into what appears to be a single gallery of one palace.

Also located behind the palace structure is the city's archeology museum and the church of Santa Maria della Vita.