The Palazzo Vecchio is the seat of the ancient medieval town. The building was freed together with the Baptistery from the modern superstructures that had improperly united them. On the side facing the Cathedral, the Civic Tower with the Sala dei Consoli on the ground floor. From this you enter the Loggia, visible from Via Bernardo Ricci, originally open and intended for the meetings of the municipal parliament, closed in the sixteenth century and used until the nineteenth century for the meetings of the Municipal Council.