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If you pay to go inside, you'll start on the ground floor, where you'll see dull paintings,
the green-stucco courtroom (with explanations of the Republic's unique governmental sys-
tem), and one of the palace's highlights, the original bronze bell-ringers from the town Bell
Tower (named Maro and Baro). Like antique robots (from the Renaissance, 1477-1478),
these eerily lifelike sculptures could pivot at the waist to ring the bell. Then you'll see
stonework that used to decorate city buildings. Iron chests (including a few with elaborate
locking mechanisms) are displayed inside some poorly restored old prison cells, which sup-
posedly were placed within earshot of the rector's quarters, so he would hear the moans
of the prisoners...and stay honest. Leaving the prison, you'll enter the courtyard described
earlier, where you can get a better look at the Pracat statue.
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