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  2. Piazza della Signoria - Wikipedia

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    The piazza was already a central square in the original Roman town Florentia, surrounded by a theatre, Roman baths and a workshop for dyeing textiles. Later there was a church San Romolo, a loggia and an enormous 5th-century basilica. This was shown by the archaeological treasures found beneath the square when it was repaved in the 1980s.

  3. Piazza della Santissima Annunziata - Wikipedia

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    The Piazza della Santissima Annunziata is a square in the city of Florence, in the Tuscany region of Italy. The Piazza is named after the church of the Annunziata at the head of the square. In the center of the piazza is the bronze Equestrian statue of Ferdinando I and the Fontana dei mostri marini , two Mannerist fountains with fantastical ...

  4. Fontana dei mostri marini - Wikipedia

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    The fountains were restored over a period spanning from 1987 to 1988, and again between May and June 1996 by Giovanni Morigi under the direction of the Carlo Francini Office of Fine Arts of the City of Florence. Despite these efforts, the statues again began to show signs of material degradation and the fountains were eventually shut down.

  5. 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 .

  6. Santissima Annunziata, Florence - Wikipedia

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    The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata (Basilica of the Most Holy Annunciation) is a Renaissance-style, Catholic minor basilica in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. This is considered the mother church of the Servite Order. It is located at the northeastern side of the Piazza Santissima Annunziata near the city center.

  7. National Archaeological Museum, Florence - Wikipedia

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    The National Archaeological Museum of Florence (Italian – Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze) is an archaeological museum in Florence, Italy. It is located at 1 piazza Santissima Annunziata, in the Palazzo della Crocetta (a palace built in 1620 for princess Maria Maddalena de' Medici , daughter of Ferdinand I de Medici , by Giulio Parigi ).

  8. Palazzo dell'Arcone di Piazza - Wikipedia

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    Relief of the Palazzo Della Luna. The palace was built on buildings that once faced the west side of the Mercato Vecchio square (case degli Alfieri Strinati, tower of the Tornaquinci), of via dei Naccaioli — today via dei Brunelleschi (church of Santa Maria in Campidoglio), of via Pellicceria, and on the sides of via dei Ferravecchi — today via degli Strozzi (on the north side the palazzo ...

  9. Palazzo Vecchio - Wikipedia

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    Palazzo Vecchio by night. 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.

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