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    Medici duke's residence was moved across the Arno River to the Palazzo Pitti. In 1299, the commune and people of Florence decided to build a palace that...
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    The Bargello, also known as the Palazzo del Bargello or Palazzo del Popolo ("Palace of the People"), is a former barracks and prison in Florence, Italy...
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    when the Medici duke's residence was moved across the Arno to the Palazzo Pitti. The Loggia dei Lanzi consists of wide arches open to the street, three...
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    numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics...
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  • 1720/25) is in the Uffizi Gallery. In the Galleria Palatina at the Palazzo Pitti, there is a monumental portrait of Gian Gastone de' Medici, wearing his...
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  • Chigi in the Chigi Chapel. A Marriage of S. Catharine by him is in the Pitti Palace, and other pictures at Siena and Pisa. He was a member of the Accademia...
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    Additions to the Piccolomini Altarpiece Saints Peter, Paul, Pius and Gregory Pitti Tondo Taddei Tondo St. Matthew Rothschild Bronzes Tomb of Julius II, 1505–1545...
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    but in 1790 they moved it to the Boboli Gardens attached to the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, and left a replica in its place. Not all the Egyptian obelisks...
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    Mannozzi started the decoration of the Sala degli Argenti in the Palazzo Pitti and planned decorations at Villa La Petraia. In 1615 he painted two ceiling...
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    (installed 17 May 1621). He subsequently switched to the Santa Maria del Popolo (installed 26 October 1622), the Santa Prassede (installed 7 May 1635) and...
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