Lonely planet - Florence, Italy. 20 great things to do in Florence - Time Out Travel. Piazza della Signoria. Piazza della Signoria is an L-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio. It is the focal point of the origin and of the history of the Florentine Republic and still maintains its reputation as the political hub of the city.[1] It is the meeting place of Florentines as well as the numerous tourists, located near Ponte Vecchio and Piazza del Duomo and gateway to Uffizi Gallery.
Buildings[edit] The impressive 14th-century Palazzo Vecchio is still preeminent with its crenellated tower. The square is also shared with the Loggia della Signoria, the Uffizi Gallery, the Palace of the Tribunale della Mercanzia (1359) (now the Bureau of Agriculture), and the Palazzo Uguccioni (1550, with a facade attributed to Raphael, who however died thirty years before its construction). Palazzo Vecchio[edit] The Palazzo Vecchio ("Old Palace") is the town hall of the city.
Loggia dei Lanzi[edit] Other palaces[edit] Florence Cathedral. The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. The three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major attraction to tourists visiting the region of Tuscany. The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches, and until development of new structural materials in the modern era, the dome was the largest in the world.
It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed. The cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence, whose archbishop is currently Giuseppe Betori. History[edit] Giotto's bell tower (campanile) The new church was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio and approved by city council in 1294. The Duomo, as if completed, in a fresco by Andrea di Bonaiuto, painted in the 1360s, before the commencement of the dome After Arnolfo died in 1310, work on the cathedral slowed for the following thirty years. Exterior[edit] Plan and structure[edit] Dome[edit]
GALLERIA DELL'ACCADEMIA David - Polo Museale Fiorentino :: Sito Ufficiale. Pitti palace - Polo Museale Fiorentino :: Sito Ufficiale. Galerie Palatine. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. La Galerie Palatine (Galleria Palatina) fait partie du palais Pitti et est un des musées de Florence en Italie. Elle comprend vingt-cinq salles abritant les collections d'œuvres d'art rassemblées par la famille Médicis et par la dynastie Lorraine.
Elle est située dans certains des plus beaux salons du Palais Pitti (dont dérive justement le nom Palatina c'est-à-dire du Palais). Histoire[modifier | modifier le code] C'est l'exemple d'exposition le plus important en Italie, dans lequel, contrairement à un principe muséal moderne, les tableaux ne sont pas exposés avec des critères de rangement par chronologie ou auteur, mais par un principe purement décoratif, en couvrant toute la superficie du mur en schémas symétriques, très fidèle à la préparation originale voulue par le grand-duc Pierre Léopold entre la fin du XVIIIe et le début du XIXe siècle. L'organisation des expositions[modifier | modifier le code] Titien, Ritratto di Pietro Aretino. Palatine Gallery Tickets - Florence Museums Tickets. Boboli Gardens Tickets - Florence Museums Tickets. Gucci Museo - Florence (Italie) - Site Officiel.