Piazza della Signoria has always been the political heart of Florence and it takes its name from one of the main monuments that houses, Palazzo della Signoria (Palazzo Vecchio), designed in 1298-99 and completed in 1302 by Arnolfo di Cambio as the seat of government of the Republic and intended to accommodate the Gonfaloniere Priori of Justice and the Arts. Piazza della Signoria is not only the "civic centre" in Florence, but a real museum.
On the south side, towards the Arno, you are opened to the square of the Uffizi, and just next to it, there is the Loggia dei Lanzi (1376-1382), whose times in the late Gothic gather 15 statues including “Perseus with the head of Medusa” by Benvenuto Cellini.
In addition to the statues lined up along the facade of Palazzo Vecchio, including the copy of Michelangelo's David, we find the Fountain of Neptune in Ammannati and the equestrian statue of Cosimo I by Giambologna. Nearby, a disk of marble on the floor of the square recalls the precise point where Fra 'Girolamo Savonarola was burned at the stake May 23 1498. We are also a number of houses of the fourteenth and sixteenth of the Court of Mercanzia (1359, old court of justice in commercial matters), and the Palazzo Uguccioni of the sixteenth century, whose facade was probably designed by Raphael. At number 5 is located the building that contains the collection Alberto Della Ragione.
Finally, the great palace of Assicurazioni GENERALI (GENERALI Insurances), built in 1871 in Renaissance style on the site of the ancient Loggia dei Pisani and the church of Santa Cecilia. The B&B - SIGNORIA DI FIRENZE is located on the first floor of an ancient palace of Calimaruzza away, in the historic center of Florence, located between the Piazza della Signoria and the Loggia del Mercato Nuovo.
The short stretch of road has ancient buildings of a certain historical value.
In this way, which as the name is the youngest daughter of Calimala, as once was called Old Calimala, had established the Art of Merchants Calimala or, in the palace that overlooks Piazza Signoria and Via Dei Calzaioli, but that was entered in this way. Above the door of a building of the street you see a beautiful arc still acute studded with french lilies (the art of wool was also called Francesca for its commercial relations with France) and with a round where you can see the emblem of Calmala , that is the eagle that catches the Torsello of the wool worked (the part producted by work from wool itself), by the end of 1300, this building was the seat of the corporation Art of Calmala. In this way he also established the Art of Change, in other words the Art of Bankers, and in 1432 it was opened the barber shop Dominic Nanni, said Burchiello, extemporaneous poet, author of sonnets famous for their style and tone that "the Burchia" .
The remains of a tower of Ciacchi that can be found on the side of the Piazza Santa Cecilia, the tower has been incorporated into a more modern building, but on external are still visible and the ancient stones of the original arc.
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