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Palace of Università

Piazza Plebiscito, 20, 74015 Martina Franca TA, Italy
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  • Place Types Tourist attraction
  • Address Piazza Plebiscito, 20, 74015 Martina Franca TA, Italy
  • Coordinate 40.7057093,17.3365629
  • Website Unknown
  • Rating 4.3
  • Compound Code P84P+7J Martina Franca, Province of Taranto, Italy
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Palace of Università
Palace of Università
Palace of Università
Palace of Università
Palace of Università
Palace of Università
Palace of Università
Palace of Università
Palace of Università
Palace of Università
Reviews
Giacomo Resta (07/29/2020)
The building was built between 1759 and 1761 as the seat of the city government. The term University, in fact, derives from the form of government that Ferdinando d'Aragona granted to Martina Franca in 1478, in whose administrative assembly all social classes were to be represented. The original structure counted the ground floor and the first floor; the elevation of the second floor, which penalizes the building architecturally, was carried out in 1872 to set up the registry offices and the mandate prison. The façade is punctuated by pilasters and string courses in local stone that divide the large white plastered backgrounds. The decentralized portal is decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls. The windows on the first floor are surmounted by mixtilinear tympanums, and, in the tympanum of the one in line with the portal, there is the high relief of a galloping horse, also depicted in the city coat of arms. The second floor, lower than the others, has no particular architectural significance. Currently the building is home to the Artisan Association of Mutual Aid, founded in 1888. Unfortunately it cannot be visited, as is the adjacent Civic Tower.
franco cianci (09/01/2018)
One of the most beautiful monuments of Martina and which is located in Piazza Plebiscito. It is a tower with an ancient clock in one of the highest points of the town. It is called Palazzo dell ', Università and it seems that at the very top there is a room that actually seems to have been a cell used as a prison at the time.
raffaele doria (01/07/2018)
just a stone's throw from the Basilica of San Martino in Piazza Plebiscito
Emanuele Cigliuti (07/19/2017)
Walk in Via Vittorio Emanuele, but don't miss this tiny church with a "privileged" altar worthy of being admired!
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