Palazzo Comunale, Montepulciano
Michelozzo di Bartolomeo (15th-century redesign) · Montepulciano, Italy · 1440
The town hall's fifteenth-century facade and tower deliberately recall Florence's Palazzo Vecchio, signaling Montepulciano's political relationship with Florence. Its position closing one edge of Piazza Grande makes it a strong example of civic architecture working as part of a larger urban room rather than as an isolated monument.