text: The painterly impact of the burnt sienna glows from the arcaded Gothic Palazzo Pubblico opposite , with its splendid 102-m- ( 335-ft- ) high Torre del Mangia ( climb to its first tier at 88 m [ 288 ft ] for a magnificent view of the city and countryside beyond ) .
  
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  The Gothic Palazzo Pubblico is the town square and is very old .