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Painting of the Piazza Della Signoria and Loggia Dei Lanzi, 1830 by Carlo Canella. The Loggia dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on a corner of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, adjoining the Uffizi Gallery. It consists of wide arches open to the street.
Loggia Rucellai; Loggia dei Lanzi; Loggia del Bigallo; Loggia del Grano, Florence; Loggia del Mercato Nuovo; Loggia del Pesce; N. New exit for the Uffizi Gallery
The Loggia del Pesce is a historical building in Florence, Italy. It is formed by nine wide arcades, supported by piers or columns. It is formed by nine wide arcades, supported by piers or columns. On each side are eight medallions depicting fishing activities and the sea.
Piazza del Mercato Vecchio, by Giovanni Stradano (Palazzo Vecchio, Sala di Gualdrada). In the early medieval period the forum area was densely inhabited. Before the closure of the fifth circle of city walls, chroniclers record that there was no longer a single garden or pasture in the city, and that urban crowding led to tenements with ever-rising floors, including case-torri (tower houses).
Statue of Michele di Lando, Loggia del Mercato Nuovo, Florence. The loggia was built around the middle of the 16th century in the heart of the city, just a few steps from the Ponte Vecchio. Initially, it was intended for the sale of silk and luxury goods and then for the famous straw hats, [1] but today mainly leather goods and souvenirs are sold.
Piazza Santa Croce is one of the main plazas or squares located in the central neighbourhood of Florence, in the region of Tuscany, Italy.It is located near Piazza della Signoria and the National Central Library, and takes its name from the Basilica of Santa Croce that overlooks the square.
In the wall of the balcony, under the loggia, an epigraph in capital letters refers to his work. The view captures the heart of Florence from Forte Belvedere to Santa Croce, across the walkways and the bridges crossing the Arno, including the Ponte Vecchio, the Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, the Bargello and the octagonal bell tower of the Badia ...
The Loggia Rucellai is an Italian Renaissance loggia in Florence, Italy. It stands opposite Palazzo Rucellai in the Via della Vigna Nuova, and faces onto Piazza de' Rucellai . It was built by Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai in the 1460s; it may have been designed by Leon Battista Alberti , but this attribution is disputed. [ 1 ]