Palace of Florence

Medici Riccardi Palace	Pitti Palace	Rucellai Palace
Strozzi Palace	Old Palace (Palace of the Signoria)	Museums Accademia Gallery
Uffizi Gallery	Bardini Museum	Museum of the Works of the Duomo
National Museum of the Bargello	The Piazza of the Signoria	Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge")

National Museum of the Bargello
The National Museum is housed in one of the oldest public palaces of Florence. Its construction dates to 1255. Erected as the office for the Captain of the People, it was later seat of the Podestà (Mayor) and then of the Captain of Justice or Bargello, from which its name is derived.
For the entire eighteenth century it was used as a prison and capital punishments took place there.
After impressive restorations it became the National Museum in 1865.
It houses a superb collection of sculptures from the Florentine Renaissance, with works by Michelangelo, Donatello, Giambologna and Cellini, as well as a collection of Mannerist bronzes.