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Michelangelo’s David
Basilica of San Lorenzo
The statue of Hercules
The statue of Giovanni delle Bande Nere
Donatello’s Marzocco
The dome’s lantern
Loggia dei Lanzi
Archbishop’s Palace
Triumphal Arch
The coat of arms of Agostino Bausa
Statues of the Arc de Triomphe
The Arcone (Triumphal Arch)
Sculptures on the Arc de Triomphe
The Column of Abundance
Piazza della Libertà
The Statue of Prosperity
Triumphal Arch
The pediment above the arch
The fountain in Piazza della Libertà
Piazza della Repubblica
Bronze sculpture
Palazzo Strozzi
The Fondiaria Sai Assicurazioni building
Church of Orsanmichele
The Allegory of Aurora
The sculpture depicting St Thomas’s disbelief
The David
Monument to those who fell in the Battle of Mentana
The Allegory of Aurora and the David
Ponte Vecchio
The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
Back room
The Great Jewish Synagogue
The loggia of the Uffizi Gallery building
Palazzo Vecchio and Arnolfo’s Tower
Benvenuto Cellini
Ponte Vecchio
Benvenuto Cellini
Brunelleschi’s dome
The bust of Benvenuto Cellini

Michelangelo’s David, holding a stone, about to attack and strike the enemy Goliath

The unfinished gabled façade of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, situated in the square of the same name

The statue of Hercules in Piazza della Signoria, part of the ‘Hercules and Cacus’ sculptural group dating from 1534, by Baccio Bandinelli

The statue of Giovanni delle Bande Nere, sculpted by Baccio Bandinelli in the 16th century, located in Piazza San Lorenzo

Donatello’s Marzocco, carved from pietra serena, located in Piazza della Signoria and dating from 1420

The lantern of the smallest dome in the Basilica of San Lorenzo

On the left is the Loggia dei Lanzi (also known as the Loggia della Signoria) and on the right is the Palazzo Vecchio, both in Piazza della Signoria

Piazza San Giovanni and the Archbishop’s Palace, renovated in the 19th century by the engineer Felice Franciolini

The Arc de Triomphe in Piazza della Libertà, erected in 1737 by the architect Jean-Nicolas Jadot

Piazza San Giovanni and the coat of arms of Agostino Bausa, designed by Vincenzo Rosignoli, situated on the southern corner of the Archbishop’s Palace

Statues on the Triumphal Arch in Piazza della Libertà depicting the entry and accession to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany by Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis Stephen of Lorraine

The Renaissance-style Arcone (Triumphal Arch) and the side arcades in Piazza della Repubblica, designed in 1895 and built around 1938 by Vincenzo Micheli

Sculptures on the Arc de Triomphe in Piazza della Libertà, depicting the victorious entry of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty

The Column of Abundance, topped by a statue of Abundance, and the Triumphal Arch (Arcone) in Piazza della Repubblica

Piazza della Libertà and the former Fondiaria Sai Assicurazioni building

The statue of Dovizia, a copy of Giovan Battista Foggini’s work created by the sculptor Mario Moschi in pietra serena, situated on the Column of Abundance in Piazza della Repubblica

The four columns in front of the Arc de Triomphe, in Piazza della Libertà, designed in the 18th century by the architect Jean-Nicolas Jadot

The inscription dictated by the writer Isidoro del Lungo, situated on the pediment above the Arch in Piazza della Repubblica

The fountain in Piazza della Libertà, with a bronze sculpture at its centre and Porta San Gallo in the background

A street lamp with four white globes and the façade of the building on the west side of Piazza della Repubblica

Detail of the bronze sculpture adorning the fountain in the pond at the centre of Piazza della Libertà

The rusticated façade of Palazzo Strozzi, a classic example of a Renaissance building, dating from the late 15th century.

The long colonnade of the Fondiaria Sai Assicurazioni building in Piazza della Libertà

The corner of the Church of Orsanmichele featuring the coat of arms of the Silk Guild (left) and the coat of arms of the city of Florence (right) in Via dè Calzaiuoli

The Allegory of Dawn in Piazzale Michelangelo, a bronze copy of the original marble sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti

Via dei Calzaiuoli and the tabernacle in the church of Orsanmichele (or San Michele in Orto) with the bronze sculpture by Andrea del Verrocchio, depicting the doubt of Saint Thomas

Bronze sculpture in Piazzale Michelangelo, depicting the allegory of Twilight and the David, copies of the original marble sculptures by Michelangelo Buonarroti

Monument to those who fell in the Battle of Mentana, situated in the square of the same name, designed by Oreste Calzolari

The two bronze copies of the nude female allegory of Aurora and the David, works by Michelangelo Buonarroti, situated in the square named after him

The eastern side of the Ponte Vecchio as seen from the Ponte alle Grazie, characterised by three low arches that skim the surface of the River Arno

View of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Brunelleschi’s dome and Giotto’s bell tower from the panoramic viewpoint at Piazzale Michelangelo

Some back rooms built as cantilevered extensions from the Ponte Vecchio, supported by corbels

The Great Synagogue of Florence, as seen from Piazzale Michelangelo, built in the Moorish style between 1874 and 1882

The loggia of the Uffizi Gallery building on the Lungarno degli Archibusieri

Palazzo Vecchio and the 94-metre-high Arnolfo Tower, as seen from Piazzale Michelangelo

The monument on the Ponte Vecchio dedicated to Benvenuto Cellini, the most famous Florentine goldsmith, created by Raffaello Romanelli

The bridges spanning the River Arno, including the Ponte Vecchio with its artisans’ workshops, which jut out over the river

The plinth of the monument to Benvenuto Cellini on the Ponte Vecchio, bearing the inscription ‘To Benvenuto Cellini, master. The goldsmiths of Florence’

On the right, the mullioned windows of Giotto’s bell tower and, on the left, Brunelleschi’s dome topped by the lantern, at dusk in Piazza San Giovanni

The bust of Benvenuto Cellini on the Ponte Vecchio, the Florentine goldsmith, sculpted by Raffaello Romanelli and unveiled on 26 May 1901

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