Friday, June 03, 2011

Italy Part 7: Florence - Palazzo Vecchio

The Palazzo Vecchio is a huge old palace in Florence. The Medici family used to live there, and many of their enemies swung from the tower with a noose around their necks!

The Palazzo Vecchio


The great hall on the second floor


The paintings in the Great Hall were enormous!


The ceiling


Stairs


A cherub


The blue room - check out the ceiling!


The ceiling




Random works of art




Floor details


Freaky face on a wall


The Map Room
In the center is a very large globe



Globe


And on the walls are many old maps.
I particularly liked this one of eastern Africa.
See the elephant?


Above the elephant it says,
"This region produces many elephants"!



The view on exiting the Palazzo.
That's a copy of Michelangelo's David,
in the place where it (the original) stood
for 300 years before being moved indoors.

1 comment:

Cranberry Morning said...

'this region produces many elephants' That sounds funny, as though the elephants just spontaneously generate from the soil.

I really like that cherub and shadow!! Nice. I would love to see that great hall.