45°27′53.54″N 9°11′16.16″E / 45.4648722°N 9.1878222°E
| Palazzo della Ragione | |
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 Palazzo della Ragione. | |
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| General information | |
| Town or city | Milan |
| Country | Italy |
| Construction started | 1228 |
| Client | Podestà Aliprando Faba |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Vincenzo Seregni |
The Palazzo della Ragione ("Palace of Reason") is a historic building of Milan, Italy, located in Piazza Mercanti, facing the Loggia degli Osii. It was built in the 13th century and originally served as a broletto (i.e., an administrative building) as well as a judicial seat. As it was the second broletto to be built in Milan, it is also known as the Broletto Nuovo ("new broletto").
The palace is decorated with a relief representing Oldrado da Tresseno (podestà of Milan and fierce prosecutor of the Cathar heretics), and the bas relief of the scrofa semilanuta ("half-woolly sow"), which has been object of much controversy among scholars of the foundation and origins of Milan.[1]
- ^ Sightseeing in Milan Archived 2011-02-03 at the Wayback Machine