Bologna - Art Gallery

(Local Name: Palazzo Comunale) The west side of the Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore is occupied by the Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall), an extensive Gothic building begun in 1290 and largely rebuilt in 1425- 30. Above the main entrance (1555) is a bronze statue (1580) of Pope Gregory XIII, a native of Bologna. On the second floor is the Municipal Art Gallery with the Collezioni Comunal D'Art.