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Palazzo Vecchio is the fortress-like town hall of Florence, crowned by its 94-metre Arnolfo tower. The Salone dei Cinquecento—a vast hall frescoed by Vasari—was Florence's seat of government and possibly hides a lost Leonardo mural behind its walls.
Built between 1299 and 1314 as the Palazzo della Signoria, it became the Medici residence when Cosimo I moved here from the Palazzo Medici in 1540. The 'Vecchio' (old) name came when the court moved to Palazzo Pitti.