 As Perugia extended its control, the seat of power shifted to the Palazzo of the Capitano del Popolo, representative of Perugia.The present Palazzo Municipale is the former seat of the signori of Corciano, the dukes of the noble family of Perugia, the Della Corgna, who constructed it in the sixteenth century as their rule over the formerly free commune was consolidated.Corciano remained part of the Papal States until the plebiscite of 1860 joined it to the Kingdom of Italy.