Florence Sights

Piazza della Repubblica

#103 of 569 things to do in Florence

#7477 of 49020 things to do in Europe

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Lonely Planet review for Piazza della Repubblica

In a masterstroke of 19th-century middle-class fatheadedness, this brash, broad and breezy square was ruthlessly gouged out of the ancient city centre (wiping out the Roman forum) during Florence's brief spell as the Italian capital. A huge memorial plaque atop a bombastic triumphal arch proclaims stridently 'l'antico centro della città da secolare squallore a nuova vita restituito' (the ancient city centre returned to new life after centuries of squalor).

 

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