Palace · Italy · Still standing
Palazzo Vecchio
The Palazzo Vecchio is Florence's medieval town hall, a massive rusticated stone palace fronting the Piazza della Signoria. It houses large state rooms, courtyards and a tall clock tower (Torre d'Arnolfo) and functions historically as the city's seat of government and later a ducal residence and museum.
First raised
1299
Its prime
1565
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1565
The shape it held in its prime.
A squat, cubical palace of warm brown pietraforte with heavy rusticated masonry, two rows of Gothic two-light windows with trefoil arches, and a projecting crenellated battlement supported on corbels. A tall rectangular tower (Torre d'Arnolfo) with a large one-handed clock rises from the corner. The main façade opens onto a broad paved piazza populated by large standing statuary; carved stone portals and painted coats of arms punctuate the exterior.
Step inside
11 places to explore in 1565.
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Families who held Palazzo Vecchio.
The families tied to Palazzo Vecchio across its history — follow a name to its page.
Medici
Ducal seat of Cosimo I de' Medici from May 1540 until the Medici residence moved across the Arno to the Palazzo Pitti.
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