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The aura of religious architecture was so powerful that nearly all town halls of the twelfth century were built adjoining the principal churches of communities, and were articulated with decorations adopted from church windows and portals. The common architecture of church and state is clearly visible on the façade of Milan's Palazzo della Ragione. Between the ground-storey arcade and upper-level triforate windows a single arch frames an equestrian statue of Oldrado da Tresseno, the city's governor in 1233.
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