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The Palazzo Ducale, where our Republic's administration and Justice is run, has been well designed indeed! To shield it from cold and moisture they are covering it with insulated panels made (below) with expanded Polyurethane injected behind slabs of precious stone: a modern press, made in the Dukedom of Mantua, and a new foam machine, crafted in the Dukedom of Milan, churn out a real lot of them in a short time. Gone are the times of hand-crafted nice things: even the decorations of the roofs are now made with an injection machine - this seems to be new stuff, solid German-made technology - rather than carving it in Istrian stone, as in the good old days. Thanks God the floor's slabs are still cut and trimmed by hand! In front of the Palazzo today the open market is held: the town is well-known for the consumption of fish and - consequently - of wine. Abuse of the former never created problems around here, ...nor did the latter! We got used to it, you know? A few well "used" citizens head for the Lodge of the Palazzo, to mock at those who found a good place there. 
Flocks of foreigners regularly wander in the town, discovering its beauties: we'll have to keep an eye on this phenomenon, it could turn out an interesting activity, sooner or later...