The ancient Mezzabarba palace, a noble eighteenth-century palace, has been the seat of the Municipality of Pavia 
since the unification of Italy, 1861

Built in XVIII century, in the recent years the building had gradually lost its beauty and delicacy due to the 
continuous and, often inopportune, maintenance interventions. Who could have imagined that, under the layers 
of acrylic color and paint, the soft and delicate late Baroque colors that had made this building a jewel in 
the city of Pavia could still be found?