| The palace probably built by the Rainaldi,
reminds of the medieval constructions, not only for its size but
also for its position at the entrance of the town, as to confirm
a sort of political and physical power over the people. The main
façade made of spur stone is very simple and is characterized
by the portal, decorated with smooth ashlars and flanked by the
heraldic symbol of the Borghese Family, a dragon and an eagle.
The portal, the heraldic symbol and the Borghese's coat
of arms, that has been lost, were made by the stone-dresser Girolamo
Falciani, who had already worked for the Borghese. The Borghese
never lived in the palace, and they rented it; in 1854 its conditions
were so bad, that they rented it as a barn.
The palace's interior has an inexplicable characteristic,
i.e. the window with the balcony and the part of the palace
that outside find in a central position, in the interior are
displaced on the right about the centre of the room.
The main façade is not symmetrical about its central
axis. The left side of the façade is decorated with four
windows on each floor, the right side with three. Probably in
the 17th century this structure was transformed to align it
with the level of the road that leads to the church of S. Antonio
and San Gregorio Magno built in 1666; however this is a mere
unconfirmed hypothesis.
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