PALACE OF THE PEOPLE - Assisi Itinerari

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Name: PALACE OF THE PEOPLE
Type: palace
Art_classification: medioeval
civilization: medioeval
Historic Period: 1304-1306
integrity: total
Country: Italy
Region: Umbria
Location: Assisi
satellite coordinates: 43.070780566609706, 12.615263164043427
description language: english
Current use: public-private space

With the latest enlargement of the square toward the east in 1275, the City purchased a palace belonging to ser Vagnozzo in order to build a headquarters to host the General Council of People. This ”Palatium Novum Populi” was built between 1304 and 1308. It was located in an isolated position between Piazza del Comune and the square behind it, Piazza dei Macelli (today piazza della Chiesa Nuova), at the intersection of the streets coming into town from the Gates San Giorgio and Moiano. The main side opened with a loggia. The downhill side was divided into workshops for selling meat. The upper floor had just one large room intended only for popular assemblies.