The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy, overlooking the Piazza della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's David and the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi.
Facts
Building Type Completed YearThis is the year construction began under the commune of Florence (Wikipedia infobox years_built field and lead-section sentence); the source names no distinct completion year for the original structure. Building Type
Building Type (category) Building Type (category)Government / Parliament Building 2 Classification
Standing Status Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
A Florentine Gothic civic palace, predating the Renaissance though later modified internally by Vasari.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, located there.
Sources
1. Palazzo Vecchio (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia lead sentence (building type)
The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy.
Wikipedia lead sentence (location)
The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy.
Wikipedia lead section (construction start year)
In 1299, the commune and people of Florence decided to build a palace that would be worthy of the city's importance, and that would be more secure and defensible in times of turbulence for the magistrates of the commune.
Wikipedia body text, tower section (height)
Giovanni Villani wrote that Arnolfo di Cambio incorporated the ancient tower of the Foraboschi family (the tower then known as "La Vacca" or "The Cow") into the new tower's facade as its substructure; this is why the rectangular tower (height 94 m) is not directly centered in the building.
Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy, overlooking the Piazza della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's David and the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Palazzo Vecchio
- Wikidata Q271928, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q271928, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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