Palace

Doomsday or the End of the World which Signorelli frescoed in the Chapel of San Brizio in the Cathedral between 1499 and 1503 marked the end of an epoch, the end of the Middle Ages, and the beginning of the modern age. The fact that one of the figures in the scene of the Anti-Christ has been identified as Christopher Columbus is highly indicative. Throughout the sixteenth century the city was renewed and the medieval fabric integrated with new palaces and churches designed by famous architects including Michele Sammicheli, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Simone Mosca, and Raffaello da Montelupo. The dominant figure in the second half of the century was Ippolito Scalza, a native son, who, more than anyone else, helped transform the aspect of the city.
The nineteenth century also witnessed a similar renewal of the city with the qualified contributions of architects such as Giuseppe Valadier and Virginio Vespignani, who added both public and private structures in the neoclassic style.
The classic facades and elegant buildings from different periods to be discovered as one strolls along narrow streets which still mirror their original medieval layout hint at the history of a city which, despite continuous modification, has lost none of its charm of old.