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The Buildings of Narni

The political nucleus of the city of Narni is represented by the Palazzo dei Priori, vital centre of the political activity. It's a splendid medieval monument, built in 1275 by the Gattapone, occupying an already dear space to the Romans, the ancient Platea Maior, centre of the Forum. Elegant and stately, the ample Picture Gallery Priori is an arcade constituted by cross-vaults held up by a central pillar. To the right of the picture gallery a bell tower raises, beside which there's the Arengo del Banditore.

The City hall (or Palazzo del Podestà) shows what results from the fusion of three pre-existing buildings, belonging in communal epoch to three ancient families from Narni: Sinibaldi, Oddone and Omodei. Its creation goes back to the XIII century, although there were light transformations made during the 14^th Century. Furthermore, inside the Town hall it is possible to admire a Roman grave, various monuments and a fifteenth-century.

Other place to be visited is Palazzo Eroli, which, restructured in the XVIII century, today is centre of the Library, the Archive and of the Picture-Gallery. This last one collects various pieces of great merit, among which deserve to put in evidence: a table of the Ghirlandaio, the "the Madonna's Crowning", dated 1486, one "Annunciation" of Benozzo Gozzoli, a work of the Spagna, "Stimmate of St. Francis", and a Standard in wood realised by the Maestro di Narni (1409), above which are painted two representations of the Virgin, the "Madonna in Throne" and the "Dormitio Virginis."