The Town Hall is composed of an older part dating back to medieval times and another portion dating back to the 19th century. In the nineteenth century it was embellished by the bell tower with a clock. On the main facade there are six marble tombstones bearing inscriptions relating to local and national political events of the period between the mid-nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. In the Mayor’s office, there is a fresco representing Saint Verdiana painted on one wall by the Podestà Jacopo Peri, despite the inscription below it refers to the year 1409, the stylistic characteristics, again visible after a recent restoration, place it in the within the workshop of Benozzo Gozzoli. The Town Hall suffered a fire in 1544 and was subsequently rebuilt with the architectural features that we still see today. In 1800 the new entrance to the Town Hall was built with a new stairwell connecting the various floors. The second floor became the seat of the Magistrates’ Court until 1980.
On the bell tower of the town hall is placed a statue of “Membrino” which, legend says, was the name of a boy who saved the town from sacking and destruction by Francesco Ferrucci’s Florentine army in the 16th century. For this reason, the villagers later wanted to publicly express their gratitude towards him, placing his portrait astride the bell of the public clock.
In front of the Town Hall there is the Chiesa dei Santi Lorenzo e Leonardo.
