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Eleonora di Toledo's Rooms
Cosimo I's wife had a suite
of rooms decorated with
scenes of virtuous women.
Penelope, wife of the
Greek hero Odysseus, is
shown waiting faithfully
for her husband to return.
VISITORS' CHECKLIST
Piazza della Signoria.
Map
4 D1 (6 D3).
Tel
055 276 82 24.
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A, B.
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9am-7pm
daily (to 2pm Thu). Last adm:
45 mins before closing. Some
extended hours in summer.
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The Map
Room
The Quartiere degli
Elementi
contains Vasari's
allegories of Earth, Fire,
Air and Water.
Putto with Dolphin
Verrocchio's bronze fountain
head (1470) is displayed in the
Terrazzo di Giunone. The small room
next door has fine views of San
Miniato al Monte.
Pope Leo X's
rooms
The Salone dei
Cinquecento
was a meeting
place for the
leaders of the
Florentine
Republic
(see
pp52-3).
Cappella di Eleonora
Egyptian soldiers in pursuit of Moses drown in
the Red Sea, in the biblical frescoes (1540-45)
by Bronzino in Eleonora di Toledo's chapel.
STAR FEATURES
.
The Treasury
of Cosimo I
Cortile and Putto
Fountain
. Victory by
Michelangelo
.
Victory by Michelangelo
Michelangelo's nephew
presented this statue (1533-4),
intended for the tomb of Pope
Julius II, to Cosimo I in 1565,
following the Duke's military
triumph over Siena.
. Sala dei Gigli
