Palazzo Municipale (ex residenza dei Della Corgna)

Built in the mid-sixteenth century for the Della Corgna family, the former residence in Corciano now serves as the town hall. Its Renaissance rooms and frescoed council chamber preserve traces of the family's aristocratic history and the building's later civic life.

Why it matters

The palace's construction is linked to the election of Fulvio della Corgna's uncle as Pope Julius III in 1550, which launched a programme of Della Corgna residences across the family's territories. The building stands along Corso Rotelli near Piazza Coragino and condenses several periods of Corciano's history: medieval houses beneath, Renaissance ambition within and civic use in later centuries.

What to notice

The palace was built over medieval homes, traces of which remain along the outer wall. Its façade has a central recessed element flanked by two projecting side blocks across three floors. The design has been variously attributed to architects Alessi and Vignola. The piano nobile contains frescoes by Salvio Savini, a Mannerist painter working in the style of the Zuccari. The council hall, formerly the salone d'onore, has a seventeenth-century ceiling associated with the school of the Zuccari. The original plan placed storerooms and stables on the lower floor and a private apartment above.

Context and history

After the Della Corgna family, the palace passed to the Doni family, then to Innocenzo Massini, Count Ungaro Oddi and the Innamorati family. In 1887 the municipality bought it from Luigi Innamorati for eight hundred scudi. A renovation in 1980 adapted the structure for its civic role. The layered building thus retains its identities as ducal residence, aristocratic home and town hall.