Full text: Handbook of Florence and its environs with views, a map and catalogues of the Galleries

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Judith by Donatello, is the statue in bronze looking 
towards the Uffizi, executed to commemorate the expul¬ 
sion of the Duke of Athens (1343). The beautiful group 
which represents the Rape of Polixena, is a modern 
work by Fedi. It was placed under the loggia in 1866. 
In the back wall were inserted (1860) a barometer and 
a thermometer. 
Piazza del Duomo. (G. 5.) It was originally 
very small. The last enlargement was in 1835. Here there 
are the Chapel of the Misericordia and the statues of 
the two great architects of the Cathedral, Arnolfo di 
Cambio, and Filippo Brunelleschi by Pampaloni, which 
were sculptured in 1830. For the two Monuments which, 
besides the Cathedral, adorn this square, see Churches. 
We must not however omit mentioning the little Portico, 
one side of which forms a corner of Via Calzaioli, and 
is called the 
Loggia del Bigallo; (F. 6.) the author of this 
elegant loggia is unknown, as are the authors of the fine 
pictures which it contains. It was well restored in 1865. 
Piazza and Loggia of the Mercato 
Nuovo. (F. 6.) This square is occupied by the elegant 
Loggia of the same name, built by Gio. Battista del Tas¬ 
so, in 1547. The upper part is used as a depot for the 
Archives of the notarial acts. The silk and straw markets 
are held here. The bronze wild boar is by Tacca, it is a 
copy of the one in marble, which is in the Gallery of 
the Uffizi. 
Piazza della SS. Annunziata. (H. 5) The 
Portico of the church was built, that is the arch in the 
middle, after a design by Antonio da S. Gallo and a part 
by G. Caccini (1601). 
The Portico of the Foundling Hospital (the Innocenti) 
on the right, is by Brunelleschi. The children in the 
lunettes are by And. della Robbia, and the frescoes on 
the roof are by Poccetti. The equestrian statue of Ferdi¬
	        
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