Town Hall

The original core of the building dates to the 13th century, but the Town Hall now shows its 18th-century aspect, the result of a number of remakes due to earthquakes and merging of next-by buildings.
The only original feature remaining is the high tower that dominates the rest of the building, which shows two prospects: the northern one, designed by architect Pietro Ferrari and done between 1784 and 1785, and the southern one, facing Piazza del Comune, designed by local architect Francesco Angelo Amadio, a.k.a. “Lo Scheggino”.
The southern side is completed by the neo-Gothic Palazzo Brancaleoni, the last incorporation to enlarge the Town Hall, decorated in 1913 by Spoletan artists Giuseppe Moscatelli and Benigno Peruzzi. The twos had also decorated most of the halls of the municipal building, recently restored (2007), that are also adorned by remarkable works of art, previously at the former Pinacoteca Comunale (the City’s Picture Gallery), including a big canvas by Guercino and two detached frescoes by Renaissance painter Giovanni di Pietro a.k.a. Lo Spagna.
Remarkable rooms include the “Sala dei Duchi” (Dukes’ Hall), whose ceiling is adorned by the portraits of the most important Longobard dukes of Spoleto, the “Sala degli Uomini Illustri” (Outstanding Men’s Hall), whose decorative program is based on the portraits of distinguished, famous Spoletans of the past, and the inner chapel, dedicated to St. Pontianus.