2 stops in walking order

Palace

The State Archives of Terni is a state archive located in Terni, Umbria, Italy. It is the peripheral office of the Ministry of Culture responsible for preserving, organizing, and providing access to historical documents produced by state and local authorities in the province of Terni, as well as private archival collections of historical significance. The institution was established as a Section of the State Archives on 15 May 1957 and became autonomous on 30 September 1963. Since 2002, it has been housed in the historic Palazzo Mazzancolli. The archives preserve records dating from the 14th to the 20th century, including municipal, judicial, and notarial documents, as well as industrial company archives related to the economic history of the city. The institute also supervises the branch Orvieto Section.

~20 min at this stop

Palace

Palazzo Spada is a palace in Terni, Umbria, central Italy, built on behest of Count Michelangelo Spada in the mid-16th century and designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. It currently serves as the town hall for the city. Alexandre de Rogissart wrote about the palace in the eighteenth century, remarking the beauty of its structure. The inner lounges are decorated with cinquecento frescoes, which were supplemented with newer decorations in the 18th century. The palace passed to the Massarucci family in the 19th century and subsequently was given to the Sisters of the Infant Jesus. After being handed over to the municipal administration of Terni, it was restored to render it fit for its new role as the city's town hall. The main floor rooms are decorated with frescoes dating from the second half of the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Central to the ceiling of the main hall, which is currently used as the seat of the city council, is a representation of Phaëton punished by Jupiter; at the sides are depicted, in six panels, scenes from the Battle of Lepanto and the Massacre of the Huguenots.

~20 min at this stop