Once fortified palace seat of the bishops-counts, according to tradition was erected (or more probably expanded and strengthened) at the end of the twentieth century by Bishop Gerardo de Taccoli, who died in 1196 fighting against the Trevigiani.
The civic tower holds the bell at which sound since 1403 the Greater City Council met. A twin tower, on the corner towards the Duomo, was demolished in 1516 to enlarge the square in front of the Duomo, but in ancient times there must have been a third, central, as clearly shown by the ancient episcopal seal that reproduced this building. Reshaped several times, the portal and some elements of the upper windows date back to the renovation carried out by Bishop Giulio Berlendis in the seventeenth century. Severely damaged by the earthquake of 1873, it underwent a total internal rehash by Eng. Giorgio Pagani-Cesa, to whom were added the interventions on the facade following the new earthquake of 1936.
Already the seat of the Court, now it is used as a Municipal Auditorium. Currently, restoration works are underway inside the building.
