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
    |
 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    |
