Palazzo comunale, Medieval palace in Narni, Italy

Palazzo Comunale stands on Priori Square with a central octagonal pillar supporting a vaulted system divided into four main sections within the structure. The building combines Romanesque and Gothic elements and features a well-organized interior courtyard.

Construction began in 1273 when the city acquired houses and towers in the San Salvato parish to build this seat of government. Over the following centuries the structure was expanded and modified to accommodate the growing administrative needs of the city.

The building is also known as Palazzo del Podestà or del Vicario. On the right of the facade, a walled section near the current Pro Loco office holds 14th-century bas-reliefs with biblical and chivalric scenes from the suppressed church of San Salvato. The council hall keeps a fresco of St Francis with the stigmata by Lo Spagna (around 1500) and a portrait of Galeotto Marzio.

The palace faces Palazzo dei Priori on Piazza dei Priori, in the historic centre of Narni. The ground-floor atrium, with its Roman and medieval stone fragments and the travertine mensa ponderaria, is the part most easily visited; the council hall and upper rooms are not always open. The building still houses municipal offices, so access may be limited during official business.

In the internal courtyard sits an ancient Mensa Ponderaria, a measuring table once used to estimate quantities of grain. This rare object reveals the practical everyday functions this place held for the community.