Loggia dei Lanzi, in the Piazza della Signoria, is an open-air (and free) museum that was designed in the 14th century by Orcagna, an influential architect and artist. Below the building's curved ...

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Across the Arno, Florence’s Oltrarno reveals a living tradition of craftsmanship, where workshops, skills, and daily life ...

The 1962 feature film “Light in the Piazza” was shot on location at the Piazza della Signoria and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and the Via Veneto and Roma Ostiense railway station in Rome, making ...

An L-shaped square in the centre of town, the Piazza della Signoria has been at the heart of the city’s social and political life since Roman times. However, it was after the construction of the ...