Palazzo d'Accursio

Great architecture located right in the heart of the piazza.

Interesting building and the council room was especially beautiful.

Wonderful museum but the attandant at the ticket office was a very rude man. Toilets are also not signposted. Great museum that was coloured by staff who are unprofessional in this type of job. Get new staff and a few signs and it'll be great for sure

Interesting building with impressive brickwork, loved the local market nearby

Great place, you can go to de building call Palazzo d'accusio its free entrance and you will have this beautiful look.

A complex of beautiful palaces on the main square, today working seat of Municipal Goverment. Some nice halls (Municipal Hall, Red Hall...) are accessible for free, in one part is a municipal collection of works of art (paid entry). On the main facade you can see two small eagle statues, the left one was made by Michelangelo.

The beautiful atmosphere of the main town square can be attributed to the Palazzo d'Accursio. The beautiful atmosphere was evoked by the famous musician Luccio Dalla in his unforgettable song Piazza Grande. The Palazzo D’Accursio, located in the center of Bologna in Piazza Maggiore, is one of the most important buildings in Bologna, which has been the seat of the city since 1336. Now is the city's Town Hall. A significant building for the city of Bologna, rich in history. The earliest structure of the Palazzo d'Accursio originally began as the residence of the jurist Accursius, but over time, it was incorporated and expanded to include adjacent buildings to house civic offices. In 1336 it became the seat of the Anziani ("Elders"), the highest magistrates of the commune, and then the seat of the government. In the 15th century it was refurbished under the designs of architect Fioravante Fioravanti, who added the Clock Tower (Torre d'Accursio). The façade features a portcullis and a Madonna with Child, a terracotta by Niccolò dell'Arca (1478) in the upper section. Over the portal is a large bronze statue of Bolognese Pope Gregory XIII (1580). A bronze statue of Pope Boniface VIII, once here, is now in the Medieval Museum. Inside the complex it is possible to visit, climbing the sixteenth-century cordoned staircase attributed to Bramante, up to the Hall of the Communal Council, on the first floor, where the Bolognese Senate met, and contains a gallery ceiling frescoed with Baroque-style quadrature by Angelo Michele Colonna and Gioacchino Pizzoli (1675–1677). The palace is also home to the Civic Art Collection, with paintings from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, the Museo Morandi, with the works by Giorgio Morandi, and the Biblioteca Salaborsa, the town libraries.

Beautiful historical palace located on the Piazza Maggiore. you can actually enter it, entrance to the tower costs some 8 euro.