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Medieval Italian governing body
A signoria (Italian: [siɲɲoˈriːa]) was the governing authority in many of the Italian city-states during the Medieval and Renaissance periods. The word
Signoria
Public square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy
Piazza della Signoria (Italian: [ˈpjattsa della siɲɲoˈriːa]) is a W-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Central Italy. It was named
Piazza_della_Signoria
Republic of Venice government body from 1423
The Signoria of Venice (Serenissima Signoria) was the supreme body of government of the Republic of Venice. The older Commune of Venice was replaced by
Signoria_of_Venice
Government of Medieval and Renaissance Florence
The Signoria of Florence (Italian for "lordship") was the government of the medieval and Renaissance Republic of Florence, between 1250 and 1532. Its nine
Signoria_of_Florence
Town hall of Florence, Italy
adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi. Originally called the Palazzo della Signoria, after the Signoria of Florence, the ruling body of the Republic of Florence, this
Palazzo_Vecchio
Renaissance statue in Florence, Italy
but was instead placed in the public square in front of the Piazza della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September
David_(Michelangelo)
Historic building in Florence, Italy
dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on the south corner of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, adjoining the Uffizi
Loggia_dei_Lanzi
City in Veneto, Italy
(1388–1390) when Giangaleazzo Visconti held the town. The period of the signoria is covered down to 1358 in the chronicle of Guglielmo Cortusi. The Carraresi
Padua
Country in Southern and Western Europe
ISBN 978-0-3133-3045-2. Jones, Philip (1997). The Italian city-state: from Commune to Signoria. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 55–77. ISBN 978-0-1982-2585-0. Niall, Ferguson
Italy
City-state on the Italian Peninsula (1115–1569)
successors' place. The republic was ruled by a council known as the Signoria of Florence. The signoria was chosen by the gonfaloniere (titular ruler of the city)
Republic_of_Florence
Italian banker (c. 1360–1429)
family, such as Chiarissimo di Giambuono de' Medici, who served in the Signoria of Florence in 1401, and Salvestro de' Medici, who was implicated in the
Giovanni_di_Bicci_de'_Medici
February 2020. Prizio & Signoria 2016:52 Prizio & Signoria 2016:102 Prizio & Signoria 2016:226 Prizio & Signoria 2016:246 Prizio & Signoria 2016:245 "CHIAPPELLA
List of ACF Fiorentina players
List_of_ACF_Fiorentina_players
Italian noble family in the Middle Ages
family name and coat-of-arms were permanently suppressed by order of the Signoria. The traditional story is that the family was founded by Pazzo di Ranieri
Pazzi
Bakehouse in Malta
The Forni della Signoria (Maltese: L-Ifran tas-Sinjurija; English: Bakeries of the Grandmaster) was a bakehouse in Valletta, Malta. It was constructed
Forni_della_Signoria
Largest city in Tuscany, Italy
Piazza della Signoria, a site important for being the centre of Florence's civil life and government for centuries. The Palazzo della Signoria facing it
Florence
Palazzo in Florence
Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali is a building in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy. Also known as the Palazzo Fenzi, it was built in 1871
Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali, Florence
Palazzo_delle_Assicurazioni_Generali,_Florence
Medieval Italian feudal lordship
The Lordship of Carrara (Italian: Signoria di Carrara) was a feudal state in medieval Italy, centered in the town of Carrara in present-day northern Tuscany
Lordship_of_Carrara
1478 plot in the Republic of Florence
plot were executed, some by hanging from the windows of the Palazzo della Signoria. The surviving Pazzi family members were banished from Florence. Francesco
Pazzi_conspiracy
Marble sculpture by Donatello
commission up to that point. In 1416, the Signoria of Florence ordered the statue to be sent to the Palazzo della Signoria (now known as the Palazzo Vecchio)
David_(Donatello,_marble)
Sculpture by Baccio Bandinelli
to the right of the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy. It has a complicated and highly political history, but
Hercules_and_Cacus
Open public spaces in cities or towns, usually rectilinear, surrounded by buildings
Medieval era and the Italian Renaissance. For example, the Piazza della Signoria in Florence remains synonymous with the return of the Medici from their
Town_square
Heraldic lion and symbol of Florence
14th century. The lion stood at the heart of the city in the Piazza della Signoria at the end of the platform attached to the Palazzo Vecchio called the ringhiera
Marzocco
1378–82 labourer revolt in Florence, Italy
guilds demanded greater representation in civic office from elites – the Signoria. These guildsmen still wanted to keep the Sotto posti, who were low wage
Ciompi_Revolt
Comune in Marche, Italy
and Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Six towers remain today. Palazzo della Signoria, built in 1486–1498 by Francesco di Giorgio Martini. The angular tower
Jesi
Lords and Dukes of Florence (1434–1569)
Consul, Podestà and most notably by a council known as the Signoria of Florence. The signoria was chosen by the gonfaloniere (titular ruler of the city)
List of heads of state of Florence
List_of_heads_of_state_of_Florence
Art museum in Florence, Italy
deʎʎ ufˈfittsi]) is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One
Uffizi
16th-century sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini
altarpiece. It is located in the Loggia dei Lanzi in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy. The second Florentine duke, Cosimo I de' Medici, commissioned
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
Perseus_with_the_Head_of_Medusa
Italian noble family
Ady, Cecilia M. (1934). "Materials for the History of the Bentivoglio Signoria in Bologna". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 17: 49–67. "Daga
Bentivoglio_family
Italian polymath (1452–1519)
Chapel of Saint Bernard in the Florentine town hall, the Palazzo della Signoria, an indication of his independence from Verrocchio's studio. An anonymous
Leonardo_da_Vinci
Lord of Florence from 1492 to 1494
gaining any support for Florence, and, without consulting the governing Signoria, decided to visit Charles at his camp and try to win his friendship. During
Piero_the_Unfortunate
Fountain in Florence, Italy
Neptune (Italian: Fontana del Nettuno) is situated in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, near the northwest corner of the Palazzo Vecchio. It
Fountain_of_Neptune,_Florence
2016 Italian-British TV series
also represents one of the most important political forces of Florence's Signoria. He has a plan to increase his family's power by making an agreement with
Medici_(TV_series)
long galleries of the Uffizi Gallery located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the historic center of Florence, capital of Tuscany, Italy. Because
Loggiato_of_the_Uffizi
Ruler of Florence from 1434 to 1464
votes of office holders in the municipal councils, most importantly the Signoria of Florence. As Florence was proud of its republic, he pretended to have
Cosimo_de'_Medici
1680 book by Robert Filmer
union Popular Principality Real union Regency Coregency Self-proclaimed Signoria Tetrarch Triarchy Universal Philosophy Philosophers Aquinas Dante Bodin
Patriarcha
Noble family from Tuscany, Italy
were exiled from the city when Florence began its transformation into a Signoria, later ruled by the Medici family. In his Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri
Gherardini_family
prominent being the one in the original's position in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, placed there in 1910. The original sculpture was moved
Replicas of Michelangelo's David
Replicas_of_Michelangelo's_David
Astronomical clock built in the 14th century
clock built between 1348 and 1364 in Padua, the capital of an independent Signoria, by the doctor and clock-maker Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio. The Astrarium
Astrarium of Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio
Astrarium_of_Giovanni_Dondi_dall'Orologio
Topics referred to by the same term
government of Renaissance Florence and other Italian cities, or Prioria, or Signoria, elected by picking eligible names out of a leather bag, or borse, -- at
Priori
Comune in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
when it became the capital of the homonymous signoria ruled by the house of Pio. In 1599 the signoria was directly annexed to the Duchy of Modena and
Sassuolo
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List of kingdoms and royal dynasties
List_of_kingdoms_and_royal_dynasties
Ruler of Florence from 1469 to 1492
became a permanent member of the committee supervising the rebuild of the signoria in Florence. He created a court of artists in his sculpture garden at San
Lorenzo_de'_Medici
Capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy
(Bonōnia), then again in the Middle Ages, as a free municipality and later signoria, when it was among the largest European cities by population. Famous for
Bologna
Statue in Florence, Italy
Giambologna from 1587 to 1594, and erected in 1594 in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. This statue follows the Classical Roman tradition
Equestrian Monument of Cosimo I
Equestrian_Monument_of_Cosimo_I
Sculpture by Donatello
stands in one of the sculpture's original positions on the Piazza della Signoria, in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. It depicts the assassination of the Assyrian
Judith and Holofernes (Donatello)
Judith_and_Holofernes_(Donatello)
emerged unharmed. Finally, he was beheaded near the present Piazza della Signoria, but his legend states that he picked up his own head. Miniato then crossed
Minias
Duke of Florence later Grand Duke of Tuscany (1537–1574)
The prominent prisoners were subsequently beheaded on the Piazza della Signoria or in the Bargello. Filippo Strozzi's body was found with a bloody sword
Cosimo_I_de'_Medici
Province of the Austrian Empire (1798–1805)
Venice. In the course of the French Italian campaign of 1796–1797, the Signoria of Venice under Doge Ludovico Manin had rejected an alliance with the French
Venetian_Province
Sculpture by Donatello
in 1494, and the statue was moved to the courtyard of the Palazzo della Signoria along with Donatello's bronze Judith, which had an equal topic and potent
David_(Donatello,_bronze)
Italian banking family and political dynasty
managed to have Cosimo exiled. The next year, however, in 1434, a pro-Medici signoria, led by Tommaso Soderini, Oddo Altoviti, and Lucca Pitti, was elected and
House_of_Medici
Italian humanist
the Guelf party (1467) and later as scriptor of public letters for the Signoria. Landino died in 1498 in a villa in Borgo alla Collina, which he received
Cristoforo_Landino
1651 book by Thomas Hobbes
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Leviathan_(Hobbes_book)
12th-century buildings in Bologna, Italy
The Visconti had become the rulers of Bologna after the decline of the Signoria of the Pepoli family, but were rather unpopular in the city. Severe damage
Two_Towers,_Bologna
Italian painter
under Ridolfo Ghirlandaio. He painted a Holy Family for the chapel of the Signoria in the Palazzo Vecchio of Florence. Wikimedia Commons has media related
Mariano_Graziadei
1375–78 war in the Italian Peninsula
ecclesiastical institutions, by an eight-member committee appointed by the Signoria of Florence, the Otto dei Preti. Hawkwood also received a 600-florin annual
War_of_the_Eight_Saints
office of center of Florence quarter) and the Dante's statue. Piazza della Signoria: It is the focal point of the origin and of the history of the Florentine
List_of_squares_in_Florence
Intentional killing of a monarch
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Regicide
Torre degli Amidei, near the Piazza della Signoria, most probable location of the assassination of Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti
Amidei
Italian architect and sculptor
Neptune (Fontana del Nettuno), prominently located in the Piazza della Signoria in the center of Florence. The assignment was originally given to the aged
Bartolomeo_Ammannati
Italian noble house
(it) Gilles Adragna (fr) Titles Baron of Altavilla Salina Count of Apulia Duke of d'Adragna Count of Bourbon-Siciles Style "Grace" Vostra Signoria Don
Adragna_family
18th century physiocratic political doctrine
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Legal_despotism
1470 painting by Piero del Pollaiuolo
intended to decorated the seat-backs in its audience hall on piazza della Signoria. Charity was the first painting to be completed and was delivered in December
Hope_(Pollaiuolo)
Child of a reigning monarch born out of wedlock
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Royal_bastard
Venetian nobleman, merchant, banker and politician (c. 1444-1493)
bank in Venice; the establishment quickly earned the good will of the Signoria of Venice by advancing payment for the city's ambassador to Genoa, and
Andrea_Cappello
Historical Chinese political system
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Abdication_system
Form of autocracy specific to Russian monarchies
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Tsarist_autocracy
British romance film by James Ivory
Beebe mediates, and the switch is made. While touring the Piazza della Signoria the next day, Lucy witnesses a local man being brutally stabbed and killed
A Room with a View (1985 film)
A_Room_with_a_View_(1985_film)
1480–1481 invasion of southern Italy
without Venetian neutrality at the least. Venetian sources imply that the Signoria, through its new bailo in Constantinople, Battista Gritti, told the sultan
Ottoman_conquest_of_Otranto
Gondi is a palace in Florence, Italy, located a block from Piazza della Signoria. It was built in 1490 after a design by Giuliano da Sangallo, who was inspired
Palazzo_Gondi
Manorial system in Swiss history
Switzerland (German: Grundherrschaft; French: seigneurie foncière; Italian: signoria fondiaria) was the land-based seigneurial system that organized rural society
Manorialism_in_Switzerland
Form of address used for Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar
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Exalted_Highness
Noble family of the Italian Renaissance, dukes of Milan
Sforza Court at Pesaro". Renaissance and Reformation. JSTOR i40136077. "La Signoria degli Sforza". Gradara.com. Retrieved 2013-04-23. Pavlac, Brian A.; Lott
House_of_Sforza
Painting by Filippino Lippi in the Uffizi
the Palazzo della Signoria to Filippino Lippi, who completed the artwork in 1486. The reason for Leonardo's abandonment of the Signoria altarpiece remains
Adoration of the Magi (Filippino Lippi)
Adoration_of_the_Magi_(Filippino_Lippi)
Form of government
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Constitutional_monarchy
Mother of a reigning monarch
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Queen_mother
Republic of Venice government 1143–1423
municipal institutions and the supreme body took the name of Serenissima Signoria. Medieval commune Italian city-states Venetian nobility Vladisavljevic
Commune_of_Venice
Religiously motivated burning of objects believed to lead to sin
1498, and his body was burned. His death occurred in the Piazza della Signoria, where he had previously held his bonfires of the vanities. Then the papal
Bonfire_of_the_vanities
15th-century Lord of Pisa, Livorno, Crema, and Sarzana
sixteen years old, he inherited the signoria (lordship) of Pisa and its contado (hinterland). He also inherited the signoria of Crema and Sarzana. All these
Gabriele_Maria_Visconti
Topics referred to by the same term
Florence, by Bartolommeo Ammanati located in the central Piazza della Signoria Fountain of Neptune, Naples Fountain of Neptune, Madrid Fountain of Neptune
Fountain_of_Neptune
1470 painting by Piero del Pollaiuolo
intended to decorated the seat-backs in its audience hall on piazza della Signoria. Charity was the first painting to be completed and was delivered in December
Prudence_(Pollaiuolo)
Church in Florence, Italy
of narrow streets between the Piazza Santa Croce and the Piazza della Signoria. The present structure dates from 1243 but underwent a major renovation
Santi Simone e Giuda, Florence
Santi_Simone_e_Giuda,_Florence
Ancient Roman theater in Florence, Italy
Palazzo Vecchio and Palazzo Gondi, with the auditorium facing Piazza della Signoria and along the Piazza San Firenze and Via dei Leoni. The first remains of
Roman_Theatre_of_Florence
Duke of Athens and Governor of Florence (c. 1304–1356)
had been stewing for years. After only ten months, Walter of Brienne's signoria was cut short by conspiracy. Walter VI was not only forced to resign from
Walter_VI_of_Brienne
Crusader state on the Greek island of Euboea (1204–1470)
Venetian colony as the Realm of Negroponte (Venetian: Reame di Negroponte o Signoria di Negroponte). According to the division of Byzantine territory (the Partitio
Triarchy_of_Negroponte
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List_of_dynasties
Chief magistrate of Venetian Republic
Venice Timeline of the Republic of Venice Timeline of the city of Venice Signoria of Venice Senarica Sortition Doge of Genoa Venetian: Doxe de Venexia [ˈdoze
Doge_of_Venice
Title used in medieval Europe for a governor of a castle
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Castellan
1277 battle in Italy
the transformation of the former democratic regime into an aristocratic signoria. The Visconti victory granted them the rule over Milan, which lasted until
Battle_of_Desio
Art museum in Florence, Italy
involved in its move from its previous outdoor location on Piazza della Signoria. The original intention was to create a "Michelangelo museum", with original
Galleria_dell'Accademia
English charter of freedoms made in 1215
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Magna_Carta
Italian family
the help of the Signoria. After his exile, Rinaldo allied with Milan and conspired against Florence. In response, the Medicean Signoria denounced Rinaldo
Albizzi
until 1405. The commune of Padua became a hereditary one-man lordship (signoria) with the election of Jacopo I da Carrara as capitano del popolo in 1308
Lords_of_Padua
Territory ruled by an emir
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Emirate
Art museum in Florence, Italy
as a buttress figure, but was installed in front of the Palazzo della Signoria (now in the Galleria dell'Accademia). It opened as a museum in 1891, and
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence)
Museo_dell'Opera_del_Duomo_(Florence)
Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy
law and believed in this ideal possibly because of his status within the Signoria of Florence. As Pater Patriae, Cosimo was able to find ways around it through
Palazzo_Medici_Riccardi
Painting by Piero del Pollaiuolo
intended to decorated the seat-backs in its audience hall on piazza della Signoria. Charity was the first painting to be completed and was delivered in December
Charity_(Pollaiuolo)
were members of the House of Canossa. During its time as free commune and signoria ("lordship"), the Lords of Mantua were exponents of the Bonacolsi and Gonzaga
List_of_rulers_of_Mantua
Italian municipality (1532–1569)
which formally created a hereditary monarchy. It abolished the age-old signoria (elective government) and the office of gonfaloniere (titular head-of-state
Duchy_of_Florence
Part of the Italian city of Florence
Historic Centre of Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site Piazza della Signoria Map credit Location within Tuscany Show map of Tuscany Map credit Location
Historic_Centre_of_Florence
Bridge in Florence, Italy
interest on the two banks of the river: Piazza del Duomo, Piazza della Signoria on one side with the area of Palazzo Pitti and Santo Spirito in the Oltrarno
Ponte_Vecchio
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