Town halls

NOTES: Palazzo Vecchio, completed in 1302 and known originally as the Palazzo dei Priori, was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio. The landmark tower was completed in 1310. The Uffizi palace was built for Cosimo I de' Medici between 1560 and 1580 to designs by Giorgio Vasari.

NOTES: The Palazzo Pubblico was completed in 1310 and the Campanile (Torre del Mangia) was designed by Francesco and Minuccio di Rinaldo and added in 1348 .

NOTES: This, the most important medieval public building in Florence, was built between 1299 and 1310 with the completion of the landmark bell tower. It was built as the residence of the Priori delle Arti and the Gonfalioniere and from 1540 onwards it became the ducal residence of Cosimo I de' Medici and his family. It has been the seat of the municipal government of Florence since 1872.

NOTES: Constructed on a roundabout on the south side of Westminster Bridge, this concrete and glass hexagonal structure was an annexe of County Hall, headquarters of the Greater London Council (GLC). It was connected to the main building on the south bank of the River Thames by an enclosed elevated walkway and pedestrian subways under the busy traffic gyratory system. With the abolition of the GLC in 1986, it became disused and was demolished in 2006 to make way for a hotel.

NOTES: Constructed on a roundabout on the south side of Westminster Bridge, this concrete and glass hexagonal structure was an annexe of County Hall, headquarters of the Greater London Council (GLC). It was connected to the main building on River Thames by an enclosed elevated walkway and pedestrian subways under the busy traffic gyratory system. With the abolition of the GLC in 1986, it became disused and was demolished in 2006 to make way for a hotel.

SOURCE: Building News, vol. 7, 1861 Nov. 8, p. 893