Palazzo dell’Arengo

Palazzo dell’Arengo, known in the past as Palatium Comunis, is a palace in Rimini, located in Piazza Cavour, between Palazzo del Podestà and Palazzo Garampi, in the historical center of the city.

In the late Middle Ages, the council of the people of Rimini met in the palace.

SHORT HISTORY OF PALAZZO DELL’ARENGO

The loggia of Palazzo dell’Arengo was erected in 1204 by the podestà (chief magistrate) of Rimini, Mario de Carbonesi. The fact is remebered by an epigraph on one of the pillars of the loggia.

The palace was restored several times, in 1562, in 1672, and between 1919 and 1923. The original construction was profoundly altered by these renovations.

Today, Palazzo dell’Arengo, together with the adjacent Palazzo del Podestà, houses the new Museum of Contemporary Art of the City – PART, Palazzi dell’Arte Rimini.

the facade of Palazzo dell’Arengo

ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF PALAZZO DELL’ARENGO

Palazzo dell’Arengo has a facade in Romanesque-Gothic style, surmounted by battlements, with a large loggia on the ground floor. The loggia is set on a massive colonnade which supports pointed arches.

On the upper floor, there is a large hall with mullioned windows (Sala dell’Arengo), in which are preserved frescoes of the Rimini school from the 13th century.

The palace is also equipped with a bell tower, originally used as a place of detention.

THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE CITY – PART

The museum, inaugurated in 2020, is a contemporary art gallery born thanks to the collaboration between the Municipality and the Foundation of the Community of San Patrignano.

The museum houses works by artists such as Vanessa Beecroft, Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, Damien Hirst, Emilio Isgrò, Igor Mitoraj, Mimmo Paladino, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Mario Schifano.

Sala dell’Arengo houses the Tympanum of the Last Judgment by Giovanni da Rimini, a monumental and rare masterpiece of Italian medieval art, created for the Church of Saint Augustine between 1315 and 1318.

HOW TO GET TO PALAZZO DELL’ARENGO

Palazzo dell’Arengo is located about 850 meters away from the Rimini railway station. The closest bus stop is Duomo, about 400 meters away, on the bus Line 1.