Palazzo di Città, Rationalist palace in Pescara, Italy

Palazzo di Città is a three-level, L-shaped rationalist building on Piazza Italia, with a square bell tower at the corner where the two wings meet. It is built entirely of travertine and brick, whose contrasting colours mark the facades. The main entrance, set inside the L, is reached by a broad staircase and topped by the building's name in stone; marble niches hold three female statues, while the river side has three male statues representing the abundance of the river waters, a fisherman and a miner.

The Palazzo di Città was designed by Vincenzo Pilotti in August 1933 and completed and inaugurated two years later together with piazza dei Vestini, today piazza Italia. It arose after the 1927 creation of the province of Pescara, on the Vallicella area between the former comuni of Pescara and Castellammare Adriatico. A 1935 revision of the master plan reduced the square's original scenographic layout.

The Council Hall, enlarged to 30 by 16 metres at podestà Berardo Montani's request, is frescoed by Luigi Baldacci with scenes of Pescara's birth. Two statues stand here: Gabriele D'Annunzio by Venanzo Crocetti and Grazia Masciarelli, called "La Marinara", by Vicentino Michetti.

The building is located in the central Piazza Italia, where other major public spaces also concentrate, making it easily accessible on foot. Keep in mind it is an active administrative center with security protocols, so visitors should check ahead before visiting.

Pilotti's original plan for the riverside front of the palace included a landing stage for seaplanes, devised by Gabriele D'Annunzio for his own flights. Until the Second World War, the civic tower's loggia carried the iron word «duce». The tower was rebuilt in its original style after wartime destruction.