Palazzo Vecchio

The palace is astonishing. The ceilings of the rooms are breathtaking. Must visit if you are planning a trip to Florence.

It’s tower is the IDEAL place to shoot the Cathedrals . Booking ticket online is recommended as it saves your time of queuing. Tickets of tower usually sold out before afternoon. Attention: buying the ticket of the Tower rather than museum. These two tickets are different. It is not easy to find the tower ticket in their ticket website. There is an option you need to choose - museum or tower. They are the same price 13.5 euros. Vaccination certificate or green pass is needed. 1. Buying tickets online 2.Going to the tickets office (don’t queue) and show them your vaccination certificate and they will give you a red ticket. 3. Two different entrances for museum and tower. 圣母百花大教堂拍摄的绝佳位置

The Palazzo Vecchio 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. Originally called the Palazzo della Signoria, after the Signoria of Florence, the ruling body of the Republic of Florence, this building was also known by several other names: Palazzo del Popolo, Palazzo dei Priori, and Palazzo Ducale, in accordance with the varying use of the palace during its long history. The building acquired its current name when the Medici duke's residence was moved across the Arno River to the Palazzo Pitti.

The building is hosting the museum. It's architecture is amazing. It starts with a nice inner courtyard and you can go visit the museum. It is 12,5 euro/ adult, there is guide a you can scan and read about all things in the museum. You're not allowed near the windows. There are a lot of staff to help you.

Located next to the Uffizi Museum in Florence, this palazzo is very interesting. The paintings and frescoes are gorgeous. Walking through the many apartments takes you back in time.

One awesome building it is called Palazzo Vecchio in Florence it’s a town of Florence Italy it overlooks the Piazza Della Signoria which holds a copy of Michelangelo David Statue and the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia Del Lanza

Palazzo Vecchio (literally means Old Palace) is the symbol of the city of Florence, together with Santa Maria del Fiore and Michelangelo’s David, and has always been the seat of the city government. Palazzo Vecchio was built at the turn of the 14th century as the Palazzo de Popolo or the "Palace of the People" and throughout history has been called in several ways: Palazzo dei Priori, Palazzo della Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio. It received its present-day name when the duke’s residence moved to the Pitti Palace across the Arno River. It was designed to accommodate the Priors and the Gonfaloniere of Justice (Gonfaloniere di Giustizia), the supreme governing body of Florence, later moved to the Palazzo del Bargello. It was built on the ruins of a palace that belonged to the Ghibelline Uberti family, expelled from the city in 1266 for its political position and remembered by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy. It's a huge fortress-like Romanesque palace with crenelated stone walls with Gothic windows that are adorned with the Florentine’s republic’s coats of arms, the façade is decorated with medallions and several sculptures can be seen around the building... this city hall is one of the most beautiful in all of Tuscany. The Palazzo Vecchio dominates Piazza della Signoria in the heart of the city, a square that is also home to a copy of the statue of David by Michelangelo and a gallery of sculptures. The square is nothing less than breathtaking and arguably one of the greatest in Italy. The historical conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines, who inflamed the Florentine politics at the time of Dante, is also present in some architectural elements of the building: the gallery has a square battlement defined as “Guelph”, while the tower has a dovetail battlement, called “Ghibelline”... * Some photos courtesy of Internet. Thanks!

If you’re a Florentine resident, definitely take advantage of the free Sundays at the museums! At Palazzo Vecchio, you can visit the old apartments and some of the secret/hidden areas of the Medici family. Very interesting and beautiful.