The courtyard’s name has different origins depending on who you talk to: some believe it refers to the presence of weavers of balls (pali) of silk, others that it derives from two rich families Pali and Testori who lived here. There is a classic well head in the courtyard

The public art also includes shields cut in Istrian stone

In the nearby Campo di Santa Sofia, is the Church of the same name, unique in that it and its square bell tower are built into the houses surrounding them