Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, Medieval palace in Piazza Matteotti, Perugia, Italy.

The Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo is a 15th-century palace on Piazza Matteotti in Perugia that blends Renaissance and Gothic features. The building displays twisted columns, four bifore windows decorated with carved details, and a sturdy structure that reflects medieval craftsmanship and design principles.

The palace was built between 1473 and 1481 under architects Gasparino d'Antonio and Leone di Matteo. After an earthquake in 1741 damaged the upper floor, the building was reconstructed to its current form.

The entrance portal displays two griffins holding a calf and a ram, symbols that conveyed medieval ideas about order and legal authority. These carved figures reflected the building's purpose as a seat of civic power and justice.

The building currently serves as a courthouse and is accessible during court hours, though some areas may be restricted to the public. The adjacent Loggia dei Lanari exhibition space offers visitors an additional area to explore and provides more context for the complex.

The palace's portal carries a Latin inscription dated 1472, "Iustitia Virtutum Domina" (Justice, mistress of the virtues), beneath a smiling armed female figure of Justice. Two Perugian griffins above clutch a calf and a ram. The original crowning merlons, like those of the Palazzo dei Priori, were destroyed in the 1741 earthquake.