Palazzo del Comune, Municipal palace in Montecatini Terme, Italy.
Palazzo del Comune is the town hall of Montecatini Terme, located in the Valdinievole region of Tuscany. The building displays Neo-Renaissance style features and houses the main administrative offices for the municipality.
The town hall was designed by architect Raffaello Brizzi and engineer Luigi Righetti; a signed but undated perspective view appeared in the magazine "Le Terme" in 1913. Most working drawings date from 1914 and the detail drawings from 1915, tracing the phases of construction. A planned two-ramp external staircase to the post office hall was never built.
The ground floor houses the MO.C.A. (Montecatini Contemporary Art), opened on 4 December 2012 in rooms that once held a postal counter. Its collection includes works by Joan Miró and Pietro Annigoni, photographs by Nidaa Badwan and Carlo Cantini, and sculptures by Silvio Amelio and Antoine Claraz; the permanent pieces are shown in rotating thematic exhibitions.
The building is visible from outside and sits centrally on a main street in town. Visitors can admire the architecture from the street, but access to the interior is limited as it serves as an active municipal office.
The ground floor once housed a postal counter; since 4 December 2012 those rooms hold MO.C.A., the Montecatini Contemporary Art space, with works by Joan Miró and Pietro Annigoni and photographs by Nidaa Badwan and Carlo Cantini. The permanent collection is shown in rotating themed exhibitions, except for a few pieces kept on display.
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