Must-See
Piazza della Signoria
Florence's political heart, an open-air gallery of statues in front of the fortress-like town hall, Palazzo Vecchio.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 30 minutes
- Address
- Piazza della Signoria, 50122 FlorenceDirections
- Getting There
- A 5-minute walk from the Duomo.
Why Go
The square has a copy of Michelangelo's David where the original once stood, Ammannati's Neptune fountain and, in the open arches of the Loggia dei Lanzi, Cellini's bronze Perseus holding Medusa's head.
A plaque in the paving marks where the preacher Savonarola was burned in 1498.
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