The Ivrea Town Hall () is the town hall of the city and comune of

Ivrea Ivrea (; ; ; ) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley (part of the medieval Via Francigena), it straddles the Dora Baltea and is ...

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History

The site where now stands the Palazzo di Città was previously occupied by the De Burgo Hospital, abandoned by 1750. The building of a new seat for the Comunal Council was then ordained on the 14 March 1741, having the previous one being judged as inadequate. The project of the building was presumably commissioned to engineer and architect Pietro Felice Bruschetti, even though some other sources suggest that engineer

Giovanni Battista Borra Giovanni Battista Borra (27 December 1713 – November 1770) was an Italian architect, engineer and architectural draughtsman. Life Borra was born in Dogliani. Studying under Bernardo Antonio Vittone from 1733 to 1736 (producing 10 plates for h ...

was responsible for the planning of the building. Construction works started on 3 July 1758 and ended in 1761. The main façade and the grand hall were renovated between January and December 2013.

Description

The Palazzo di Città is on the square formally known as "piazza Ferruccio Nazionale" but colloquially referred to as "piazza di Città". The building is a fundamental scenic backdrop for the

Carnival of Ivrea The Carnival of Ivrea is a festival in the Northern Italian city of Ivrea that includes a tradition of throwing oranges between organized groups, known as the "Battle of the Oranges". It is the largest food fight in Italy and surrounding countri ...

Gallery

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References

External links

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Buildings and structures in Ivrea