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Piancastelli Palace was built in 1718 by the Conti family on the foundations of the ancient Hospital of Santa Maria della Misericordia owned by the Camaldolese monks. In the 1920s, the building housed the offices of the Municipality and the Podestà. The current shape was designed by architect Tito Chini in the Florentine Renaissance style in 1939, when the building was taken over by the State to house the management and offices of the Spa. At the entrance to the palace, in Via Garibaldi, you can admire the Tuscan artist’s remarkable art-deco frescoes: his usual theme of the fountain, from which thin, silvery threads of water flow, is repeated, the sky is furrowed by typical balloon clouds topped by multicoloured garlands of flowers and fruit, and in the background you can see the landscapes of Castrocaro Terme and Terra del Sole.
The staircase is also spectacular and masterful, embellished by the lively chromaticism of the backgrounds, the ceramic columns of the parapet and the large skylight above.
