Palazzo dei Capitani

In times past the village of Palazzuolo sul Senio belonged to the powerful Ubaldini family, who sold it to Florence for a large fee in 1362. There are no outer walls: the village grew up around the palazzo on the banks of the River Senio, acting as an outpost for the Florentine Republic in controlling and administering the border area with Romagna. Due to its archaic volumetric shape, the building looks more like a country farmhouse or possibly, given the bell tower, a monastery, rather than a public palazzo. The only indication of its original function are the coats of arms on the facade of the central block, and the clock on the bell tower.

Text from FeelFlorence (en), the official tourism portal of the Comune di Firenze and the Citta Metropolitana di Firenze; shortened