8 Stop 8 of 11 on Blood on the Marble

The Bargello — The House of the Rope

Piazza della Signoria, Florence

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"This severe battlemented palace with the tower is the Bargello. Today it holds the greatest collection of sculpture in Italy — Donatello's bronze David, early Michelangelo, and the two famous trial panels from the contest that launched the Renaissance. People come here for beauty. For most of its life, this building was a place people were dragged to in chains."

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The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

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Blood on the Marble

Blood on the Marble

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Tour Stops

Follow the full Blood on the Marble route.

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 The Duomo — Murder at the Altar
  3. 3 The Madonna de' Ricci — The Dung and the Shrine
  4. 4 Casa di Dante — Sentenced to the Fire
  5. 5 Piazza della Signoria — The Bonfire and the Burning
  6. 6 Loggia dei Lanzi — The Gallery of Murders
  7. 7 Palazzo Vecchio — Hanged from the Windows
  8. 8 The Bargello — The House of the Rope
  9. 9 Le Stinche — Five Centuries Under the Opera House
  10. 10 Santa Croce — The Tombs Are the Lives
  11. 11 The Reveal

Hear the full story at The Bargello — The House of the Rope

This is just one of 11 stops on the Blood on the Marble tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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