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Pictured is the D'Accursio Palace on the western end of the Main Square of Bologna, Italy. The Clock Tower of Bologna is seen rising on the left end. The D’Accursio Palace has been the seat and symbol of Bologna’s political power since medieval times. It was where the highest magistrates of the city – the Elders, or Anziani, congregated, and later it became the seat of the papal legate, the representative of the pope in town when Bologna was under papal rule. Today, D’Accursio Palace still houses some administrative offices and the Civic Art Collections museum. The Main Square is full of tourists.