Palazzo Vecchio

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historic building palace tourist attraction town hall

Palazzo Vecchio is a historic fortified palace in Florence, Italy, that has served as the city's town hall and a symbol of its political power since the Middle Ages.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Palazzo della Signoria 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building ⓘ
palace ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
town hall ⓘ
architect Benedetto Antelami ⓘ
surface form: Arnolfo di Cambio
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
Romanesque ⓘ
constructionStart 1299 ⓘ
containsWork frescoes by Giorgio Vasari ⓘ
sculptures by Donatello (copies) ⓘ
sculptures by Michelangelo (copy of Genius of Victory) ⓘ
statues in Salone dei Cinquecento ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
faces Piazza della Signoria ⓘ
function Florence city hall ⓘ
museum ⓘ
governingBody Province of Florence ⓘ
surface form: Municipality of Florence
hasPart Arnolfo Tower ⓘ
Hall of Lilies ⓘ
Map Room ⓘ
Medici apartments ⓘ
Salone dei Cinquecento ⓘ
Studiolo of Francesco I ⓘ
chapel of Eleonora of Toledo ⓘ
courtyard of Michelozzo ⓘ
secret passages ⓘ
hasViewOf Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore ⓘ
surface form: Florence Cathedral

Ponte Vecchio ⓘ
height approximately 94 meters (tower) ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of Historic Centre of Florence ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
inception 1299 ⓘ
locatedIn Florence ⓘ
Piazza della Signoria ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter its role as the “old palace” after the Medici moved to Palazzo Pitti ⓘ
near Arno River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uffizi Gallery ⓘ
originalFunction seat of the Priors of the Republic of Florence ⓘ
seat of the Signoria of Florence ⓘ
otherName Palazzo Ducale ⓘ
Palazzo dei Priori ⓘ
Palazzo Vecchio ⓘ
surface form: Palazzo della Signoria
ownedBy Comune di Firenze ⓘ
renovatedBy Giorgio Vasari ⓘ
significantEvent became residence of Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century ⓘ
Giorgio Vasari ⓘ
surface form: renovated by Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century
symbolOf Republic of Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ
political power of Florence ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Florentine school → centeredIn → Palazzo Vecchio ⓘ
Florence → hasLandmark → Palazzo Vecchio ⓘ
Fürth town hall → modeledAfter → Palazzo Vecchio ⓘ
Palazzo Vecchio → otherName → Palazzo Vecchio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palazzo della Signoria