Florence - Piazza della Signoria
Day 11, 12 & 13 - Exploring Florence Piazza della Signoria "More than any other piazza in Italy, the Piazza della Signoria evokes the antique world, not only in the colossal deified statues - the David, the Neptune, the hideous Hercules and Cacus, but in the sober Loggia, with its three lovely full arches and its series of statuary groups in bronze and marble. Some are antique Greek and Roman; some are Renaissance; some belong to the Mannerist epoch; one to the nineteenth century. Yet, there is no disharmony among them." from The Stones of Florence 1959 Piazza della Signoria is located halfway between the Duomo and the Arno River and represents, together with the Palace, the heart of Florence's political life. The square is L-shaped and is the place where every day thousands of tourists meet to visit the Uffizi Gallery, the Fountain of Neptune, the Loggia della Signoria and the centuries-old Vecchio palace and more. Palazzo della Signori...