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Bargello Palace and National Museum Description

(Local Name: Palazzo del Bargello/Museo Nazionale del Bargello) The massive bulk of the sturdy tower and crenellated walls of the Bargello, the mighty palace that the citizens of Florence built after 1250 as testimony to their victory over the nobility, is one of the city's landmarks. Located in Piazza San Firenze, between Via del Proconsolo, Via delle Vigna Vecchia, Via dell'Acqua and Via Ghibellina, nowadays it houses the National Museum (Museo Nazionale del Bargello).

From 1261 it was the seat of the Podestà, the governing body of the city. After 1502 this was the site of the Rota (ecclesiastical court) and prison, and in 1574 the palace became the seat of the Bargello (chief constable). In 1859 Italy's

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Hobbies & Activities category: Gold, silver, metalworking exhibit; Armaments collection; Castle, chateau, palace; Coin collection; Paintings, art collections; Glass, porcelain, pottery exhibit; Jewels, diamond cutting; Major world-scale museum

Bargello Palace and National Museum Highlights

Andrea Robbia Room

The Andrea Robbia Room in the National Museum in Florence holds glazed terracotta works by Andrea Robbia and small bronzes by Giambologna.

Coin Collection

Two rooms of the Bargello Palace in Florence contain the famous Medici coin collection that was started by Lorenzo de'Medici and constantly added to by his successors.

Other exhibits that can be

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Donatello Room

In the Donatello Room the statues by Donatello include his "St George" (1416, marble statue formerly in a niche in the church of Orsanmichele), marble "David" (1408-1409), bronze "David" (made in

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Giovanni della Robbia Room

Works in glazed terracotta by Giovanni della Robbia, and a portrait bust of Costanza Bonarelli by Bernini.

Ground Floor

The courtyard of the Bargello Palace in Florence is worth visiting for its architecture alone. It is surrounded on three sides by an arcade (round arches, octagonal columns, groin valuting). On the

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Loggia

The Loggia on the first floor has Giambologna's bronze statue of Mercury (1564) and his important allegory of "Architecture", as well as sculpture by Baccio Bandinelli and Francesco Moschino.

Michelangelo Room

The tasteful courtyard leads into the rooms containing works by Michelangelo: a marble "Brutus" (ca. 1540); "Madonna and Child with the young John the Baptist", a tondo carved for Bartolomeo Pitti

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Address

Bargello Palace and National Museum
Palazzo del Bargello
Via del Proconsolo 4
I-50100 Florence
Italy

http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/english/musei/bargello/

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