Example sentences for: sala

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  • On the second floor, the Sala dei Gigli (Hall of the Lilies) is brilliantly decorated in blues and golds with Florentine heraldry and vivid Ghirlandaio frescoes of Roman and early Christian history.

  • The General Council Hall (Sala del Consiglio Generale) is dominated by the works of Donatello: his vigorous St. George (1416), intended for the Orsanmichele (see page 81); his important David, naked and restless in bronze (1450); and the stone Marzocco lion, the town’s symbol, from the Palazzo Vecchio.

  • Look out for Veronese’s Rape of Europa and Tintoretto’s Bacchus and Ariadne and Vulcan’s Forge in the Anticollegio; a masterly allegorical series by Veronese glorifying Venice in the Sala del Collegio, where foreign ambassadors were received; and weapons and suits of armor in the Armory (Sala d’Armi).

  • Directly ahead is the highly ornate ceremonial hall, the Sala dos Capelos, the heart of university life (it’s where degrees are given out).

  • Inside, on the first floor, is a museum of typical Florentine domestic life from the 14th to 16th centuries, with furniture, utensils, and ceramics — the most attractive are in the Sala dei Pappagalli (Parrots’ Hall) with its trompe l’œil tapestries frescoed on the walls.


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