For centuries this square has been the heart of the Florentine social life. Numerous sculptures recall the events that took place in the city, such as the festivals, revolts, gatherings or even tortures that took place there. His style is essentially Renaissance. Its present form is inherited from the twelfth and fourteenth centuries.
The Piazza della Signoria is dominated by the Palazzo Vecchio. One of its aisles leads to the Uffizi Gallery.
Among the statues are the reproduction of Michelangelo’s David (1501), Cellini’s bronze representing Perseus raising the head of the decapitated Medusa (1554) and the abduction of the Sabines of John of Bologna (1583).
The Fountain of Neptune (Fontana del Nettuno) by Bartolomeo Ammannati (1563-1565) was the first public fountain in the city of Florence.
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