Palazzo Soliano
Construction palace was begun in 1297 by Pope Boniface VIII, but work continued for decades. By 1330, the place was used as a warehouse and artisan work for the workers in the Duomo. In 1361, the building was damaged by fire. In preparation for a visit in 1493 to Orvieto by Pope Alexander VI, the external staircase leading to a loggia was built. However in 1504 a crowd gathered on the roof of the palace to watch the local horse race, caused a collapse. The ownership of the palace was transferred to the commune, which added increasing structural supports. A radical refurbishment was begun in the 19th-century by Paolo Zampi. Presently the palace sports a merlionated roofline and a piano nobile with large mullioned windows.
References
- ^ Guida Storico-artistica della citta di Orvieto, by Tomasso Piccolomini Adami, Tipografia Bernadini, Siena (1883); page 139-140.
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