The Palazzo Vecchio (Old Palace) in Florence, Italy looks like a defensive fortification on the outside, but inside are beautifully decorated halls, apartments, and chapels. The highlight is the magnificent Hall of 500 (Salone dei Cinquecento), a meeting hall where both Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci once worked side-by-side in a competition to paint two battle murals! For reasons that you will hear, neither of these works survived. You will also see the inside of Arnolfo's Tower as we climb to the top to see magnificent views of Florence. There are also elegantly decorated apartments and halls of royalty, some of which were created for the powerful Medici family. The death mask of the famous Italian poet Dante is also here. Amazingly, in the basement of the Palazzo Vecchio, you can see the ruins of a 1st century Roman theater. Interestingly, even today the Palazzo Vecchio continues to function as a city hall. As you will see, the Palazzo Vecchio is definitely one of the must-visit highlights of Florence, Italy.

0:00 Introduction
1:07 Hall of 500 (Salone dei Cinquecento)
9:58 Studiolo di Francesco I
11:00 Climbing to the top of Arnolfo Tower (with great views!)
14:25 Room of Gualdrada/Dante's Death Mask
15:13 Apartments of Leo X
16:56 Apartments of the Elements
17:56 Apartments of Eleonora di Toledo
19:00 Audience Hall
19:25 Hall of the Lilies
20:08 Hall of Maps
20:39 15th century Courtyard
21:07 Ruins of the Theater of Florentia (1st century A.D.)

Source: The Museum of Palazzo Vecchio; Copyright 2013, Mandragora; Florence: New Complete Guidebook to the City by Giovanni Casetta, Becocci Editore-Firenze

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