Palazzo del Podestà, Mantua

The Palazzo del Podestà, or Palazzo del Broletto, is a 13th-century palace, located between Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza Broletto, in the center of Mantua, region of Lombardy, Italy.

After a fire, the building was reconstructed in Renaissance-style by designs of Luca Fancelli, commissioned in the 15th century by Duke Ludovico Gonzaga.

The main facade on Piazza Broletto has a tall clocktower with an awkwardly place coat of arms.

The palace shows the evidence of reconstruction across the centuries with walled up arches of prior windows, interrupted by newer construction.

[3] The Palazzo del Podeatà facade, while still displaying the tipsy arrangement of windows is more sober in its decoration.