Piazzale Michelangelo

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What it is	Square
Where	Florence, Tuscany
Known for	Giuseppe Poggi's panoramic terrace and bronze copies of Michelangelo sculptures.
Period	Nineteenth-century urban landscape, 1869
Maker	Giuseppe Poggi

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Piazzale Michelangelo is a monumental panoramic terrace on the San Miniato hill, designed by Giuseppe Poggi during Florence's period as capital of Italy. Its centre holds a bronze copy of Michelangelo's David, accompanied by copies of the four Medici Chapel allegories. The piazzale lies within the UNESCO World Heritage property Historic Centre of Florence after the approved 2021 minor boundary modification; it is not separately inscribed.

Designed by Giuseppe Poggi as part of Florence's nineteenth-century capital-era transformations, the piazzale is an urban landscape work rather than a Renaissance monument.

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Piazzale Michelangelo is a monumental panoramic terrace on the San Miniato hill, designed by Giuseppe Poggi during Florence's period as capital of Italy.¹

Its centre holds a bronze copy of Michelangelo's David, accompanied by copies of the four Medici Chapel allegories; it is not an original Michelangelo sculpture.¹

Piazzale Michelangelo is within the UNESCO World Heritage property Historic Centre of Florence following its approved 2021 minor boundary modification. It is not separately inscribed and should not be described as an unchanged 1982 property component.²

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Comune di FirenzePiazzale MichelangeloPlace descriptionRead source
UNESCOHistoric Centre of Florence boundary modificationApproved 2021 boundary modificationRead source

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