Palazzo dei Priori
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The Palazzo dei Priori or comunale is one of the best examples in Italy of a public palace from the communal era. It is located in the central Piazza IV Novembre in Perugia, Umbria. It extends along C
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The facade of the palace in 1895
The facade of the palace facing Piazza IV Novembre
The pulpit
Collegio del Cambio
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The Collegio del Cambio is the historic seat of the exchange guild in the Palazzo dei Priori in the city of Perugia, Italy. It was built between 1452 and 1457 and now houses a number of artistic maste
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…and 1443 the palace was again enlarged southward, incorporating the church of San Giovanni al foro o di piazza, now the chapel of San Giovanni, part of Collegio del Cambio, i.e., the guild of the money changers, which took over the palace from 1452. For stylistic homogeneity the Gothic style has been retained, even though…
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Pietro Perugino fresco at the Collegio del Cambio, 1497-1500
Perugino fresco depicting Famous men of Antiquity. Represented from left to right are Lucius Siccius Dentatus, Leonidas, Horatius Cocles, Publius Scipio, Pericles, and Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. Above are allegories of Fortitude and Temperance.