Palazzo del Bargello, Gubbio

The church of San Giuliano was adjacent to one of the early medieval walls of the city, hence this palace is situated in an area outside those walls. The palace was constructed in the circa 1302 to house the city police captain and offices.^[1]

The small piazza in front has an undistinguished fountain topped with the five mountains and a lily, a heraldic symbol of Gubbio. It has been a local tradition, mostly for visitors that a person who orbits the fountain three times, then douses or washes himself with its water, can be awarded, at a cost, the Patente di Matto.^[2]

43°21′16″N 12°34′36″E / 43.354432°N 12.576726°E / 43.354432; 12.576726