Torre Volognana

Medieval tower and part of the National Museum of Bargello

Torre Volognana is a medieval tower (57 metres) that was constructed in 1254. It is part of the National Museum of Bargello and noted for only ringing its bell once every 100 years to mark the beginni...

Not high on my priority list

This is the tower attached to Bargello palace and museum. There are murals on the ceilings of the tower/museum. It dates back to the 1200's. The Bargello palace museum is probably more interesting ...

THE VOLOGNANA TOWER

This tower, the only one in Florence of private ownership, which was sold to the city in 1254 becoming the tower for the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, which was constructed in 1255. It is now the e...

You don't know what hides in her interior and the best thing is to visit her at 8:15 a.m.

Original Text

You don't know what hides inside this building: the Bargello Museum. It is the great museum of sculpture and decorative arts of Florence. You have works of the best Italian sculptors and there is truth ...

Entry to Bargelt

Original Text

E' the characteristic merlata tower of the Bargello museum, posted at the angle between the Proconsolo and the Ghibellina. The name "Volognana" would come from Geri di Volognano, i.e. the first detainee that v...