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Loggia dei Lanzi - What To Know BEFORE You Go

The Basics

The Loggia dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della Signoria or the Loggia dell’Orcagna, is an easy and essential add-on to your tour of Florence’s most popular Renaissance monuments. Most walking and Segway tours of the city center often include the Loggia as a stop while discussing its neighboring building, the Palazzo Vecchio. You can also choose to tour the gallery without a guide, as it is free and open to the public during daytime hours.

Things to Know Before You Go

The Loggia dei Lanzi is a must-do for art history buffs, with intact examples of sculptures from antiquity and subtle indications of the Medici family’s political clout.
Food and drink is prohibited within the Loggia.
There is a short flight of steps to reach the gallery. There is no wheelchair access, though the sculptures are visible from the piazza below.

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Art History in the Loggia dei Lanzi

With a little observation, you’ll notice the understated traces of art history in the Loggia dei Lanzi. The two lions that mark the gallery entrance are symbols of Florence, but one lion is from Roman times and the other was created in the 16th century. Giambologna’sRape of the Sabine Women was sculpted from a single block of imperfect marble—the largest block ever brought to Florence. And Cellini’s bronzePerseus was originally cast with three toes missing on its right foot; the toes were added after the metal cooled.

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