Bargello

:For the type of embroidery, please visit Bargello (needlework)

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The Bargello palace was built in 1255 to host the Florence City Council. Afterwards, it was employed as a prison; executions took place in the Bargello's yard until 1786.

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Since 1865, it's a National Museum (Museo Nazionale del Bargello), focusing mostly on sculpture. The museum features masterpieces of Michelangelo (such as his Bacchus), among others. Its collection includes Donatello's David and St. George Tabernacle, Jacopo Sansovino's Bacchus, Giambologna's La Archetectura and many works from the Della Robbia family. The museums also has several armours and old coins.

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It also features the competing designs on Isaac's Sacrifice that were performed by Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi to win the contest for the second set of doors of the Florentine Baptistry (1401).

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Honolulu Hale's interior courtyard, staircase, and open ceiling were modeled after the Bargello.

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Embroidery: Embroidery is an ancient variety of decorative needlework in which designs and pictures are created by stitching strands of some material on to a layer of another material. Most embroidery uses thread or wool stitched onto a woven fabric, but the stitches could be executed in, for example, wire or l...

Bargello (needlework): Bargello is a type of needlepoint embroidery which consists of upright flat stitches of different lengths. The name originates from a series of chairs found in the Bargello palace in Florence which had a flame stitch pattern. In general, the term 'Flame stitch' is more accurate. True Bargello most ...

1255: For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century....