Palazzo Vecchio

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Palazzo Vecchio, where a massive clock mounted on a tall tower still seems to watch over the courtyard, is a space where past and present intersect between stone-built walls. The building, in the form of a great cube, stands bearing the full weight of time, and the reliefs and arches carved throughout seem to swallow the resonance of history. Natural light seeping into the dark stone walls passes over the walls of a room that was once a prison. The wind flowing over the parapet of the clock tower lets you feel intact the texture of this era, having flowed between light and shadow. Here, now, the breath of history, surging like a wave, stops the visitor's footsteps.