Duke Federico da Montefeltro commissioned the palace, and construction began around the middle of the 15th century under the Florentine Maso di Bartolomeo. The infobox gives 1454 and also lists the Della Rovere as clients, which the text does not mention. Luciano Laurana, a fortress builder from Dalmatia, built the substructure but left before the living quarters were started. The article says the later designers are not known with certainty, and that Bramante, a native of Urbino, may have helped complete it.
It is a Renaissance building that incorporated the earlier Palace of the Jole, on a rock hillside salient. The studiolo measures 3.60 by 3.35 meters, with wood intarsia.
It housed municipal offices into the 20th century. It is now the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, and part of a UNESCO site since 1998.
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