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Patroclus and Menelaus
‘Il Marzocco’ by Donatello
Perseus with Medusa’s head
David by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo’s David
Michelangelo’s David
The genitals of Michelangelo’s David i
Bauci by Baccio Bandinelli
Michelangelo’s David
The Neptune Fountain
Judith and Holofernes
Marzocco
The Biancone Fountain (or the Fountain of Neptune)
A sea god
Two horses from Neptune’s chariot
The face of Bartolomeo Ammannati’s Neptune
A sea god
The equestrian statue of Cosimo I de’ Medici
The equestrian statue of Cosimo I de’ Medici
The Star of David
The Basilica of Santa Croce
Dante Alighieri
The Basilica of Santa Croce
The Basilica of Santa Croce

On the left is the sculpture ‘Patroclus and Menelaus’ and, at the back, the statue of a Roman matron of imperial rank, both situated in the Loggia della Signoria

In the foreground is Donatello’s ‘Il Marzocco’ sculpture in pietra serena, with Bartolomeo Ammannati’s Fountain of Neptune in the background in Piazza della Signoria

The majestic bronze statue ‘Perseus with the Head of Medusa’, sculpted by Benvenuto Cellini, stands in the Loggia della Signoria, with Arnolfo’s Tower in Piazza della Signoria in the background

Michelangelo Buonarroti’s marble statue of David, created in the early 1500s, with the rusticated pietraforte façade of the Palazzo Vecchio visible behind it

A replica of Michelangelo’s original statue of David, depicting David, the second king of Israel, deep in thought before facing the Philistine giant Goliath, located in Piazza della Signoria

The furious gaze, depicted in Michelangelo’s white marble sculpture of David, as he stares down his enemy Goliath

The genitalia of Michelangelo’s David in Piazza della Signoria, which also feature on many tourist postcards

A marble female statue by Baccio Bandinelli depicting Bauci, transformed by Jupiter into a lime tree, situated in Piazza della Signoria

Statue of David by Michelangelo Buonarroti, a copy of the original, situated in front of Palazzo Vecchio, in Piazza della Signoria

On the right, Donatello’s ‘Il Marzocco’ sculpture in pietra serena, and on the left, Bartolomeo Ammannati’s Fountain of Neptune in Piazza della Signoria

Bronze sculpture of Judith and Holofernes (1460), created by Donatello and situated in Piazza della Signoria

On the right, in Piazza della Signoria, stands Donatello’s lion, known as the ‘Marzocco’, bearing the Florentine lily emblem; and on the left, the Fountain of Neptune

The Biancone Fountain (or Neptune Fountain), carved from white Carrara marble by Bartolomeo Ammannati, and the bronze statues by Giambologna

The bronze face of a sea god, situated in one corner of the Fountain of Neptune in Piazza della Signoria

Two horses from Neptune’s chariot, situated at the base of the Biancone fountain in Piazza della Signoria

The face of Bartolomeo Ammannati’s Neptune, carved from white Carrara marble, dating from 1565

On the right is the bronze face of a sea god, part of the sculptural ensemble of the Fountain of Neptune, by the sculptor Ammannati

The bronze equestrian statue of Cosimo I de’ Medici, completed in 1594 by the Flemish sculptor Giambologna

The horse’s head from the equestrian statue of Cosimo I de’ Medici, commissioned by his son Ferdinando I de’ Medici to commemorate the death of his father, Grand Duke of Tuscany

The Star of David with the emblem of Christ at its centre, on the tympanum of the Basilica of Santa Croce, designed by the architect of Jewish origin Niccolò Matas

The magnificent neo-Gothic façade of the Basilica of Santa Croce, built in the mid-1800s by the architect Niccolò Matas

A marble monument dedicated to Dante Alighieri, sculpted by Enrico Pazzi in 1865 and situated in Piazza Santa Croce

On the left is Enrico Pazzi’s marble monument to Dante Alighieri, flanked by a marzocco, and on the right is the façade of the Basilica of Santa Croce

The upper section of the façade of the Basilica of Santa Croce, in the Neo-Gothic style, built in the 19th century by Niccolò Matas

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