Palazzo Gentile is one of two twin palaces commissioned by the Gentile counts in the 19th century, located on opposite sides of Corso Vittorio Emanuele. The present Town Hall is the result of the building fervor that affected Bitonto from 1778, following the divestment of the San Leone Fair and the construction of the road to Santo Spirito.
The neoclassical facade, elegant and well-proportioned, features Tuscan and Ionic pilasters, portal with prothyrum and balconies with alternating tympanums. Inside, the quadrangular courtyard with monumental staircase introduces rooms decorated with stuccoes and Capodimonte majolica floors.
Famous is the Hall of Mirrors, where in 1859 Count Gentile set up a sumptuous banquet for the Bourbon royals Ferdinand II and Francis II, later opened to the citizenry for two consecutive days.
