Map Room

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The Map Room is a historic chamber in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio renowned for its wall-to-wall cartographic paintings and globes that reflect Renaissance geographic knowledge and Medici power.

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Map Room canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographic gallery ⓘ
historic room ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Guarderoba Medicea ⓘ
Sala delle Carte Geografiche ⓘ
linked to: Hall of Maps

Stanza delle Carte Geografiche ⓘ
linked to: Hall of Maps
artStyle Mannerism ⓘ
associatedWith House of Medici ⓘ
building Palazzo Vecchio ⓘ
commissionedBy Cosimo I de’ Medici ⓘ
linked to: Cosimo I de' Medici
constructionStart mid-16th century ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culturalContext Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
decoratedBy Egnazio Danti ⓘ
Stefano Bonsignori ⓘ
depicts continents ⓘ
principal states and cities of the world ⓘ
regions ⓘ
designedBy Battista del Tasso ⓘ
Giorgio Vasari ⓘ
hasFeature ceiling with allegorical decoration ⓘ
celestial globe ⓘ
cupboard doors painted as maps ⓘ
large terrestrial globe ⓘ
painted wooden map panels ⓘ
wall-to-wall map paintings ⓘ
hasFunction cartographic display ⓘ
state wardrobe ⓘ
symbolic representation of Medici power ⓘ
hasSubject Medici political iconography ⓘ
cartography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of the historic center of Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Florence ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Palazzo Vecchio ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Duke’s private apartments in Palazzo Vecchio ⓘ
museum of Palazzo Vecchio ⓘ
represents Renaissance geographic knowledge ⓘ
known world in the 16th century ⓘ
symbolizes Medici dominion ⓘ
cosmographic order ⓘ
timePeriod Renaissance ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedAs repository for Medici collections ⓘ
space for geographic and political display ⓘ

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Palazzo Vecchio → hasPart → Map Room ⓘ