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2. Secret passageway through one of Italy’s most famous ... - AOL

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   The trail — built in just five months for Cosimo I de’ Medici — connects Florence’s three most famous sites: the Palazzo Vecchio (the city’s political center), the Uffizi Galleries (once ...

3. Palazzo Vecchio - Wikipedia

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   The Palazzo Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [paˈlattso ˈvɛkkjo] "Old Palace") is the town hall of Florence, Italy. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria , which holds a copy of Michelangelo 's David statue, and the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi .

4. Piazza del Duomo, Florence - Wikipedia

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   Piazza del Duomo and Piazza San Giovanni, Florence South view from Giotto's bell. Piazza del Duomo (English: "Cathedral Square") is located in the heart of the historic center of Florence (Tuscany, Italy). It is one of the most visited places in Europe and the world and in Florence, the most visited area of the city. [1]

5. List of palaces in Italy - Wikipedia

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   Palazzo Pitti, Florence Bargello, Florence Palazzo dell'Arcone di Piazza, Florence Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali, Florence. Palazzo degli Alessandri, Florence; Palazzo dell'Antella; Palazzo Antinori; Palazzo dell'Arte dei Beccai; Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali, Florence; Bargello; Palazzo Bartoli Corbini; Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni

6. Museums of Florence - Wikipedia

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   A corridor at the Uffizi galleries A salon at the Palazzo Vecchio Gallery of Modern Art National Archaeological Museum of Florence. The Museums of Florence form a key element of the cultural and artistic character of the city. [1] Of the 15 most visited Italian art museums and galleries, five are in Florence. [2]

7. Fountain of Neptune, Florence - Wikipedia

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   The Fountain of Neptune in Florence, Italy, (Italian: Fontana del Nettuno) is situated in the Piazza della Signoria (Signoria Square), in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. The fountain was commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1559 to celebrate the marriage of Francesco de' Medici I to Grand Duchess Joanna of Austria. Cosimo I de' Medici was the ...

8. Portraits of Benvenuto Cellini - Wikipedia

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   The portrait of Cellini is situated among the images of other court artists of the Florentine Duke Cosimo I di Medici on a round-shaped fresco [1] (tondo) made by Giorgio Vasari in the Florentine Palazzo Vecchio in 1563. Right under the picture of the already aging Cellini one finds a caption reading "Benvenuto SCVL".

9. Opificio delle pietre dure - Wikipedia

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   Today, the institute is organised in departments specific for the various types of artworks it treats. The laboratories are in three principal venues: in Via Alfani 78, in the historic centre of Florence; in the Fortezza da Basso; and in Palazzo Vecchio where restoration treatments on tapestries and textiles are carried out. There are also ...