Palazzo Broletto

Built in 1284, right next to the Duomo, this building has undergone many renovations and today is in the neoclassical style with a colonnade on the ground floor and a gallery upstairs. Today, it houses the town hall, and a nice porch overlooks the square of the Broletto, while an archway leads into the Corso Umberto I. On one wall of the Town Hall is placed a bust of Frederick Barbarossa, the founder of "Laus Nova", where the old town was razed to the ground by the Milanese. Lodi is the only Italian city that has a memorial dedicated to Barbarossa: In addition to the statue, the emperor is also