Marzocco
Sign in to savethumb|The Marzocco now in Piazza della Signoria, a replica of Donatello's
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It sits within the topics 14th century in the Republic of Florence, Lions in heraldry and Monuments and memorials in Florence.
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8 sectionsContents
- The first Marzocco
- Name
- Symbol
- Donatello's
- After 1812
- See also
- Notes
- Sources
thumb|The Marzocco now in Piazza della Signoria, a replica of Donatello's
The Marzocco is the heraldic lion that is a symbol of Florence, and was apparently the first piece of public secular sculpture commissioned by the Republic of Florence, in the late 14th century. The lion stood at the heart of the city in the Piazza della Signoria at the end of the platform attached to the Palazzo Vecchio called the ringhiera, from which speakers traditionally harangued the crowd. This is now lost, having weathered with time to an unrecognizable mass of stone.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marzocco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.