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Palazzo dei Priori - Volterra

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Welcome

Piazza di Priori shares its name with the main building that faces it: the Priori palace, since the 13th century, the site of the Municipality of Volterra.
In 1208, the elders and the people of Volterra decided on the construction of a new palace that would face this plaza and that would be a worthy and imposing site for the Municipality, the Priori palace.

The bulk of the building dominates the entire plaza; it became inhabitable a few years after the 1208 decision, but it was completed only in 1257, with the construction along the via Turezza of a second building called the rear house. Above the main body, consisting of a squat parallelepiped, rises a high tower that makes the palace look more like a fortification than a public building.

Information

Opening hours

From 11th March to 5th November 2024
daily from 09:00 p.m. to 07:00 p.m.
N.B.: for the holidays of April 9-10 (Easter and Easter Monday), April 25, May 1, June 2 and August 15 regular opening at the same time: from 09:00 p.m. to 07:00 p.m.

Tickets

Full: 10,00€
Reduced (Youth 6-12, over 60, Coop and TCI): 8,00€
Adult groups (min 10 pax): 6,00€
Guided tour supplement: 2,00€

 

Volterra Card rates

from 11/03 to 05/11/2024

(valid for 72 hours) Etruscan Museum Guarnacci, Art Gallery, Ecomuseum of Alabaster, Priori Palace, Etruscan Acropolis and Roman Cistern and Roman Theatre
Full: 20,00€
Reduced (university students with ID, youth 6-18, over 65, Coop members, FAI, TCI and groups of adults min 6 pax): 15,00€
Student groups (school students outside the municipal area - min 10 pax): 6,00€
Groups (min 10 pax) 10,00€
Volterra Card Family
Special for youth (6-18 years) accompanied by 1-2 adults up to a maximum of 5 people: 30,00€
Youth up to 6 years old, residents of the Municipality of Volterra, disabled and carers, teachers and companions of school groups, licensed tour guides, journalists, ICOM members FREE

SAT coordinates

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pointLat. 43.401943 - Lon. 10.859701

Contact

Palazzo dei Priori di Volterra
Piazza dei Priori, 1
56048 Volterra (PI)
Tel.: +39 0588 86099