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HISTORY OF THE BUILDING
The central body of the Palazzo was built in 1100 by the Gregorio family.
The building, whose name was "Palazzo Gregorio" after this family, is located in the square formerly known as Piazza delle Taerne.
In 1650 Piazza delle Taverne and the adjacent Piazza dell'Olmo were reunited to form Piazza della Cisterna , thus named after the well (cisterna) for public use, which had been built in the square in January 1273, while the palazzi of the wealthy families had private wells in their own courtyard.
Palazzo Gregorio became then possession of the Paltoncini Family, who wanted two towers to be built at the sides of the Palazzo (one of the towers collapsed in August 1582) and the upper part of the central body was embellished with pillars, which can still be seen nowadays.
From 1500 till nearly the end of 1600 the Palazzo was owned by the Cortesi family, who had moved to San Gimignano in 1448. The family was intimate with politicians and men belonging to the Churc of Rome : the building was thus transformed in order to be able to host well-known characters visiting San Gimignano, among whom there were Grand-Duke Cosimo II and his wife Magdalene of Austria in 1611.
The predominantly horizontal development of the building was carried over by the Cortesi family up to the point when the two towers at the side, called "twin towers", were lowered.
To these days, the building has retained the characteristics of this last renovation.