Beatiful ancient palace, the oldest of the city, famous the balcony from where the medieval city officials spoke to the townsfolk. The tower , called in Lombard " Tor del Pegol "

The Broletto palace, the medieval seat of the reigning lords over the city, today houses the headquarters of the Provincial Administration, the Prefecture of Brescia and some offices of the Municipality of Brescia, is located between Mazzini and Paolo VI Square in Brescia. The origin of the name derives from the fact that the land on which the building is now built was originally a garden-garden, called "brolo", from which the word "Broletto" then came. designed the oldest public building in Brescia. the complex of buildings that includes the building is divided into two courts, one vast and a little smaller, more recent. The first information of a directional and administrative settlement in the area dates back to the end of the 12th century. Between 1223 and 1227 the building was rebuilt in stone and larger, incorporating some buildings such as the Poncarali tower, whose embossed base is still visible today on the present Via Querini. It is the "Palatium Novum Maius", seat of the podestà and of the general council: today it is the south wing of the complex, with a façade facing west, on the square. Also facing the square is the original Loggia delle Grida, organized in this period. The great Council hall was decorated, as usual, with various frescoes now partially preserved in the attic. The west side, on the square, is included in a new wing, the "Palatium Novum Minus", with Gothic portico with pointed arches, while the north side is closed with a wall. Between 1295 and 1298 Berardo Maggi, bishop of Brescia and first lord of the city, elevated the west wing along the square to create a new hall and expand the complex to the north, up to the current Via Musei, demolishing the monastery of Santi Cosma e Damiano and the church of Sant'Agostino, later rebuilt in the fifteenth century with a gothic façade. During the Visconti domination of the fourteenth century there were further restorations, while in the fifteenth century Pandolfo III Malatesta had the portico built with cross vaults, today in the northern court. In 1414 Gentile da Fabriano was called to decorate the palatine chapel of San Giorgio: his work was unfortunately canceled in the 17th century, but some changes were found in an attic in the 1980s. During 1626 the Podestà Andrea Da Lezze divided the central square into two with the insertion of a transverse portico with seven arches surmounted by a loggia. Instead, from 1803, the helicoidal staircase in neoclassical style under the entrance to the north portico, by Leopoldo Pollack. The last significant intervention took place in 1902, when the Loggia delle Grida was completely rebuilt, demolished by the revolutionaries in the mid-nineteenth century as a symbol of power.