Palazzo del Podestà, Bologna

The Palazzo del Podestà is a civic building in Bologna, northern Italy.

[1] It stands on the Piazza Maggiore, near the Palazzo Comunale and facing the Basilica of San Petronio.

[2] The Palazzo del Podestà is a long building, with a large hall on the upper floor.

The lower floor is a double open arcade, the so-called Voltone del Podestà, through which pass two lanes of shops.

In 1453, Aristotile Fioravanti replaced the bell and reconstructed the original Gothic façade in the Renaissance style by order of Giovanni II Bentivoglio.