Monument of exceptional artistic and historian importance, the palace was in the centuries the political centre and the symbol of the town. Planned likely by Arnolfo di Cambio. Goes back to this period the severe and elegant structure, with the characteristic tower. Seat of the Signoria in the XV century, from that the name of Palace of the Signoria, in 1540 with Cosimo I de Medici became the residence of family. Transformed from the Vasari in a sumptuous palace in which the Lounge of the Sixteenth century, the precious Studiolo of Francesco I , the refined frescos of The Quartiere di Eleonora and the Quartieri degli Elementi are located. The Frescos are painted by artists like the Ghirlandaio, Francesco Salviati, the Bronzino, the same Vasari. Moreover, in the Palace you will find some masterpieces of the renaissance sculptures : il Genio della Vittoria - Michelangelo - and the bronze group Giuditta e Oloferne - Donatello.

Address: P.zza della Signoria
Opening hours: 9- 19 all day a part tuesday, Sunday and holiday: 9- 14
Phone: 055 2768325