Loggia dei Lanzi

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Loggia dei Lanzi is an open-air Renaissance sculpture gallery in Florence, Italy, renowned for its impressive collection of statues displayed under wide stone arches.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance architecture ⓘ
loggia ⓘ
open-air sculpture gallery ⓘ
adjacentTo Palazzo Vecchio ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Loggia dei Priori ⓘ
linked to: Loggia dei Lanzi

Loggia della Signoria ⓘ
linked to: Loggia dei Lanzi
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
builtInPeriod 14th century ⓘ
constructionEnd 1382 ⓘ
constructionStart 1376 ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
currentFunction open-air sculpture gallery ⓘ
entranceFee free ⓘ
hasFeature elevated platform ⓘ
open arcades ⓘ
sculpture display area ⓘ
three large arches facing the square ⓘ
wide stone arches ⓘ
hasWork Hercules and the Centaur Nessus ⓘ
Medici lions ⓘ
Menelaus Supporting the Body of Patroclus ⓘ
Perseus with the Head of Medusa ⓘ
Roman imperial statues ⓘ
The Rape of Polyxena ⓘ
The Rape of the Sabine Women ⓘ
allegorical and mythological sculptures ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Florence ⓘ
housesSculpture Hercules and the Centaur Nessus by Giambologna ⓘ
Medici lions (marble lions) at the entrance ⓘ
linked to: Medici lions

Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini ⓘ
The Rape of Polyxena by Pio Fedi ⓘ
The Rape of the Sabine Women by Giambologna ⓘ
locatedIn Florence ⓘ
Piazza della Signoria ⓘ
historic centre of Florence ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter Lanzichenecchi (Landsknechts) ⓘ
linked to: Landsknechte
nameOrigin German mercenary guards once stationed there ⓘ
near Uffizi Gallery ⓘ
notableWorkBy Benvenuto Cellini ⓘ
Giambologna ⓘ
Pio Fedi ⓘ
Roman sculptors ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operator Uffizi Galleries ⓘ
linked to: Uffizi Gallery
originalFunction ceremonial loggia for the Florentine Republic ⓘ
public assembly space ⓘ
overlooks Piazza della Signoria ⓘ
partOf Uffizi complex ⓘ
linked to: Uffizi Gallery
region Tuscany ⓘ
touristAttraction major ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Piazza della Signoria → hasLandmark → Loggia dei Lanzi ⓘ
Piazza della Signoria → hasStructure → Loggia dei Lanzi ⓘ
Giorgio Vasari → designed → Loggia of the Uffizi courtyard ⓘ
linked to: Loggia dei Lanzi
Feldherrnhalle → inspiredBy → Loggia dei Lanzi ⓘ
Feldherrnhalle → inspiredBy → Piazza della Signoria loggia in Florence ⓘ
linked to: Loggia dei Lanzi
The Rape of the Sabine Women (Giambologna sculpture) → location → Loggia dei Lanzi ⓘ
The Rape of the Sabine Women (Giambologna sculpture) → collection → Loggia dei Lanzi collection ⓘ
linked to: Loggia dei Lanzi
Historic Centre of Florence → contains → Loggia dei Lanzi ⓘ
subject linked to: historic centre of Florence
Loggia dei Lanzi → alsoKnownAs → Loggia della Signoria ⓘ
linked to: Loggia dei Lanzi
Loggia dei Lanzi → alsoKnownAs → Loggia dei Priori ⓘ
linked to: Loggia dei Lanzi
Equestrian Monument of Cosimo I → near → Loggia dei Lanzi ⓘ
Judith and Holofernes (Donatello) → currentLocation → Loggia dei Lanzi (copy) ⓘ
subject linked to: Judith and Holofernes statue
linked to: Loggia dei Lanzi
Hercules and Cacus → locatedNear → Loggia dei Lanzi ⓘ
The Rape of the Sabine Women → locatedIn → Loggia dei Lanzi ⓘ
The Rape of the Sabine Women → collection → Loggia dei Lanzi collection ⓘ
linked to: Loggia dei Lanzi
The Rape of Polyxena → location → Loggia dei Lanzi ⓘ
The Rape of Polyxena → collection → Loggia dei Lanzi sculpture collection ⓘ
linked to: Loggia dei Lanzi
The Rape of Polyxena → exhibitedIn → Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence ⓘ
linked to: Loggia dei Lanzi
Medici lions → locatedIn → Loggia dei Lanzi ⓘ
Francesco Talenti → notableWork → Loggia dei Lanzi ⓘ