Palazzo Pubblico
Title
Palazzo Pubblico
Date
completed c. 1326
1325-44 (bell tower)
Alternative Title or Name
Torre del Mangia
Creator2
Aluzzo, Adrienne (photograph)
Work Type
built works
Work Location
Italy (nation)
Siena (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Late Gothic
Subject
public buildings
bell towers
central business districts
Description
View of the Palazzo Public and Torre del Mangia in Siena, Italy. "The Palazzo Pubblico, complete with chapel and meeting rooms, once housed the Podestà and the Council; today it is a kind of town hall. Made of red brick (typical of Siena) with a travertine base, it presents the image of a fortress, "but, where a working fortress would have real machicolations, this civic fortress has only heavy corbels resembling machicolations" (Norman 41). The blind arcade on the ground level suggests commercialism rather than fortification as well ... Torre del Mangia, a tall bell-tower--102M to the tip of the ironwork, was built between 1325-44. The tallest tower in the city," by Mary Ann Sullivan, Blufton University.
Material/Medium
brick (clay product)
travertine
Measurements
102 Meters (bell tower)
Reproduction Type
digital photograph
Reproduction Source
jpg
Copyright Statement
(c) 2013 Lawrence Technological University. All images associated with the LTU Digital Collection are protected by United States copyright law. Duplication or sale of all or part of any of the data or images is not permitted without consent of the copyright holder.
ID Number
2013ita001
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