It was Ivan Bruschi’s wish that the Foundation be situated in the Palazzo del Capitano del popolo, one of Arezzo’s most elegant 13th century civil buildings. Thanks to the intervention of the Banca Etruria, this building has been restored. Situated in front of the famous Romanic Pieve of Santa Maria in the highest part of the historical city near other outstanding memories and the secular seats of the citizen authorities, the Palazzo del Capitano, probably owes its name to the fact that it was the seat of the Guelf faction of Arezzo, perhaps the Captain of justice. Once the house of Lodomei, the building then belonged to the Camaiani family, before the Guelfa family took over it during the fourteenth century. According to documentation, this building was also called "Palazzo della Zecca" as at the beginning of that century, it was also known as the residence of the "Ufficiali di Gabella" and in the following century, the residence of the Florentine Public Officials. The origins of the Palace go back to the 13th century when it was built on top of an older building . The history of the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, is in part told by coat of arms situated on the façade of the building. Those still readable, represent the emblems of the Council of Arezzo (gold cross on a red field). The Camaiani family coat of arms has a deep blue background with a gold band across it and on top, a red rake with a fleur-de-lis between its teeth). The Council of Florence is also represented with a fleur-de-lis. We can deduce that during the fifeteenth century, the building was already in the hands of the city government and maybe only after 1384,the year in which Arezzo lost its independence, started being used to mint coins. Taking a closer look at the palace, you can see the evident external damage caused by the bombing of December 2nd, 1943 which hit the historical centre of Arezzo. The original part of the Palace is clearly recognizable from the restored part which took place towards the end of the 60's by Ivan Bruschi. He also reconstructed the internal rooms of this old buiding in this period. The beautiful and severe façade of the palace is made of a standard kind of “ashler” (a local grey stone), placed in relief which stands out due to a play of light linked to its singular position on the sharp incline of “via dei Pileati”. The net and clean scanning of the structure determines the architectural appearance of the Palace. The four portals include a lowered arch at ground level and a linear frame with simple decorations. Above, there are five windows on the floor where the nobles, which repeat the modulation of the ground level openings. There are small windows situated under the wide eaves with a water pipe up above. The ample entrance to the palace confirms a typically Tuscan impression of severity and the half-shadow at the entrance gives the impression of a harmonious and austere nobility. The other walls are enhanced by a precious lapidary and covered by criss-crossing vaults on pedestals made in “pietra serena”. The volumetric effect of the corridor which follows the first atrium leads to an internal fourteenth century style courtyard with an ancient well at the centre and a “loggia” made in “pietra serena” with columns with carved capitals in acanthus leaves. Following the prospective course of the ground floor defined in thedistance by the luminous fountain of the second courtyard we gain access to a spacious and vaulted room. Elegant and still with an air of austerity you will find the salons of the first floor in which the well preserved wooden ceilings can be admired and from whose windows an unusual and extraordinary view of the romanic façade of the Pieve can be seen. The presence, in different areas, of portals, shelves and fireplaces in “pietra serena” reminds us of the fourteenth century building in which Ivan Bruschi lived until his passing away.