Palazzo del Podestà, Palazzo della Ragione

Equally complex is the history of the actual Palazzo della Ragione, that now stands between the Podestà and the Rotonda. It is however absolutely certain that the New Palace was built here in 1250: “Factum fuit palatium novum supra broleto”, enacts the “Breve chronicon mantuanum”. The name of the Palazzo della Ragione is a reference, as in other cities, to the municipal administration of justice. The building underwent several changes in the eighteenth century and, from 1940 onwards, was subjected to a rather invasive restoration by the architect Aldo Andreani (1887 Mantova, Milano 1971).