Inner Courtyard - Bargello National Museum
(pronounced:
bar jello)
AKA: Palazzo del Bargello,
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, or Palazzo del Popolo (Palace
of the
People)
Florence, Italy
Built: |
1255 |
Architect: |
Lapo
di Cambio |
Original
function: |
Housed
the city's public officials, well before Palazzo Vecchio in 1299 |
Name
origin: |
Name
from that of the chief of police, Bargello, who made his headquarters
here in the middle of the 1500s. Prison: late 16th c. until
restoration |
Restoration: |
1857-75 |
Opened as National Museum: |
1865 |
February
2020 Photos
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![]() Loggia ![]() Large rafter tails ... Also popular in the Arts & Crafts style (1905-1930) ![]() Voussoirs ... Hood molding ... Trefoil arch ... Leaded glass windows ![]() ![]() Two tie rod anchors ![]() ![]() |
Arcade![]() Arcade ![]() ![]() Groin vaults ... Tie rod ![]() Black and white marble ... Note corbel at bottom, detailed below: ![]() Corbel features acanthus leaves ![]() Note (upside down here) fleur-de-lis with stamens which is the City of Florence symbol. The French symbol of fleur-de-lis has no stamens. ![]() Note (upside down here)Florence fleur-de-lis with stamens which is the City of Florence symbol. ... Photo taken from different angle below: ![]() ![]() Note intertwined paired dolphins on the Roman sarcophagus ... Three details below: ![]() Detail #1 ![]() Detail #2 ![]() Detail #3 ![]() ![]() ![]() |