The Palazzo Palace Vecchio is the town hall of Florence Italy gothic under de Medici with renaissance-style decorations
The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. This massive, gothic the most alterations were made during 1440-60, under Cosimo de' Medici , with renaissance-style decorations in the Hall of the Two Hundred and the first courtyard by Michelozzo The Hall of the Five Hundred was built during the republic of Savonarola. From 1540 to 1550 it was the home of Cosimo I de' Medici, who had Vasari enlarge the palace to fit the delicate tastes of the grand-ducal court. The palace was more than doubled by the addition of a new block onto the rear. The name was officially changed after Cosimo moved to the Pitti Palace, renaming his former palace the Palazzo Vecchio, the "Old Palace", although the adjacent town square, the Piazza della Signoria, still bears the old name. Vasari also built an above-ground walkway from the palace, through the Uffizi, above the Ponte Vecchio to the Palazzo Pitti. crenellated fortress-palace is among the most impressive town halls of Tuscany. Overlooking the Piazza della Signoria with its famous David statue as well the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi, it is one of the most significant public places in Florence (Italian: Firenze) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. From 1865 to 1870 the city was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. Florence lies on the Arno River and has a population of around 400,000 people, A center of medieval European trade and finance, the city is often considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and was long ruled by the Medici family. Florence is also famous for its magnificent art and architecture. It is said that, of the 1,000 most important European artists of the second millennium, 350 lived or worked in Florence
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