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")

Old Palace (Palace of the Signoria)
Situated in Piazza della Signoria, the Old Palace was built between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by Arnolfo di Cambio.
It was completed in 1322 when an enormous bell, used to call the citizenry to assembly, was raised atop the tower. It is the largest civil building of the city, seat of the Priory of the Arts, of the Signoria and ducal residence.
Much of the interior was reconstructed by Vasari when Cosimo I of the Medici moved into the palace in 1540.
The many frescoes (1563-65) glorify Cosimo I and his foundation of the Granduchy of Tuscany. The sixteenth-century Salon, the study of Francesco I, the section of the Elements and the Room of the Gigli are all worth visiting.
The fourteenth-century courtyard, decorated by a gracious fountain with a small angel (a copy of an original by Verrocchio) was later rebuilt by Michelozzo. The Old Palace was the seat of the Italian Parliament between 1865 and 1871; today it houses the Municipality.