• Piazza della Signoria Attractions

The square is Florence’s center of civil life and political power, where people gathered since the 13th century to participate in the city’s major civil life decisions. Today the magnificent piazza is home to the Municipal Government and to numerous Renaissance fountains and statues made by the masters of that era.
Neptune’s Fountain by Bartolomeo Ammannati of the 16th century, unveiled to celebrate the wedding of Francesco I de’ Medici and the Grand Duchess Giovanna d’Austria.
Statue of Cosimo I by Giambologna in the center of the piazza.
Statue (replica) of David by Michelangelo (the original is in the Galleria dell’Accademia), at the western entrance to the Palazzo Vecchio.
Marzocco replica of the Florentine lion by Donatello (the original is in the Museo del Bargello).
Replica of Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith and Holofernes) by Donatello (the original is in Palazzo Vecchio).

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