Palazzo Comunale e Torre Civica

The Historical Archives of the City, with a fund of parchment documents of the XIV-XVI is conserved in Council Chamber, where you can admire a painting of St. George fell from the horse and, in a glass case, the red shirt of communal residence includes the historical archive of the Municipality, with a fund of parchment documents of the XIV-XVI. In the Council Chamber you can admire a painting of St. George fell from the horse and, in a glass case, the red shirt of Garibaldi Placido Malavolta. Of some interest is the bell tower, now incorporated into the building, showing half-height inscription with the coat of arms and the date 1586, the year in which the will of Sixtus V was made the administrative district of Presidato with capital in Montalto, also including Cossignano. In the belfry, which overlooks the vast panorama of the surrounding hills, you can admire the old tubular bell cast in 1303, decorated on the neck from the oldest example of a coat of arms (specifically referred to as s (igillum) Coseniani communis) over that an inscription in beautiful Gothic letters, dated MCCCIII (1303, millennium of the martyrdom of the patron St. George), and the acrostics respectively formed from the initials of the Ave Maria (AMGPDTBTIMEBFVT) and the famous epitaph of St. Agatha: M (entem) T (uam) S (anctam) S (pontaneam) O (norem) D (o) and (t) P (atriae) L (iberationem), followed by the crest of the master caster. Of particular interest is presented, given the antiquity of the building, the representation contained in the round shape of the seal (the oldest proof of employment of the seal of a castle autonomous province), which alludes to the autonomy achieved by the topographic depiction of the castle (or a fortress, equipped with battlements trefoil an oriental) implanted on a mountain. Garibaldi Placido Malavolta. Of some interest is the bell tower, now incorporated in the building, which bears an inscription with the date 1586, the year in which the will of Sixtus V was made the administrative district of Presidato, with capital in Montalto, also including Cossignano. Recent restoration work has made feasible the access road to the belfry, which overlooks the vast panorama of the surrounding hills and where you can admire the old tubular bell cast in 1303, decorated on the neck by the coat of arms: s (igillum ) Coseniani communis, and an inscription in gothic letters dated MCCCIII (millennium of the martyrdom of the patron St. George) and the initials of the Ave Maria and the motto derived derived dall’epitafio of St. Agatha: M (entem) T (uam) S (anctam) S (pontaneam) H (onorem) D (o) and (t) P (atriae) L (iberationem).