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Identifier: florencehertreas00vaug (find matches)
Title: Florence and her treasures
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Vaughan, Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp), 1870-1948
Subjects: Art
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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dence for the Priori and restored byMichelozzo in 1434, the palace has ever served as thesymbol and centre of Florentine civic government, andto-day it still contains the official head-quarters of theMunicipality of Florence. During the sixteenth centurythe building was enlarged by Vasari and other archi-tects of the Tuscan Grand-Dukes, who completed theback portions of the palace. The exceedingly gracefultower with its curious overhanging upper portion is 308feet in height, its uppermost storey being added in thefifteenth century. The belfry contained the historic Vacca (the cow), the great bell that used to summonthe citizens of Florence to attend meetings and discussmatters of importance in the piazza. The palace iscrowned with an elaborate arcaded gallery, below whichare painted the arms of the city and other armorialchargings closely connected with the history of theFlorentine Republic. These arms, which were re-paintedin 1840, consist of (1) a white lily on a red ground—Gules,
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