Arezzo - Palazzo della Fraternità dei Laici

Immediately adjoining the Palazzo del Tribunale is the Palazzo della Fraternità dei Laici, an elegant building erected in the 14th and 15th centuries by the lay Fraternity of Santa Maria della Misericordia, a charitable body established by the Dominicans in 1262. The striking facade was begun in Gothic style by Baldino di Cino in 1375, continued in Renaissance style by Bernardo Rossellino in 1433 and completed in 1460. The bell-cote was added by Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century.