Here’s the next part of my recent visit to the re-opened Palazzo Vecchio:

I love the view of the rustic stone through the glass.

 

 

 

What a wonderful sink below!  Two spigots that look like fountains:

The sink is in this elaborate niche:

Below, you can see the shape of the sink itself:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below: the death mask of Dante:

 

 

 

An amazingly elaborate reliquary:

 

 

Next up, the elaborate Audience Chamber:

 

Here’s the ceiling:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These frescoes “idealize” even war.  I like the colorful tents that housed the troops.  I doubt they were this lovely in real life.

 

 

 

 

Donatello’s Judith and Holofernes: