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This dark, imposing building doesn't just seem ominous. It has a very unsettling history of violence and corruption. Despite being designed as a palatial town center, it has housed police organizations, suspect political groups, a prison, torture chambers, and the site for public executions. That creepy vibe you keep feeling is grounded in a long history of unhappiness.
Now the Bargello plays host to a large museum of art, particularly sculpture and decorative arts. Much less crowded than the Uffizi next door, the Bargello is also a good choice to visit in that the building itself is so full of stories that you are easily sucked into learning about the sordid past of Firenze.
This dark, imposing building doesn't just seem ominous. It has a very unsettling history of violence and corruption. Despite being designed as a palatial town center, it has housed police organizations, suspect political groups, a prison, torture chambers, and the site for public executions. That creepy vibe you keep feeling is grounded in a long history of unhappiness.
Now the Bargello plays host to a large museum of art, particularly sculpture and decorative arts. Much less crowded than the Uffizi next door, the Bargello is also a good choice to visit in that the building itself is so full of stories that you are easily sucked into learning about the sordid past of Firenze.
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Museo del Bargello
Via del Proconsolo, 4
Florence, Italy 50122
+39 0552388606