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UNA PARTE DI QUESTO MONUMENTO/ DESTINATO DA COSIMO PRIMO/ AD ONORARE LA MEMORIA DEL PADRE/ GIOVANNI DELLE BANDE NERE/ LUNGAMENTE NON CURATA QUI STETTE/ E IL VOLGO LA CHIAMÒ LA BASE DI SAN LORENZO/ RESTAURATA NELL'ANNO MDCCCL/ E POSTAVI LA STATUA DEL GRAN CAPITANO/ EBBE ALFINE COMPIMENTO LA PREGEVOLE
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One part of this monument/ destined by Cosimo I/ to honor the memory of his father/ Giovanni delle Bande Nere/ by no choice stood/ and commonly called the Base of San
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The contract called for completion of the statue and bas-reliefs within two years, but upon
Bandinelli's death in 1560, the latter remained unfinished. The statue itself found a home in the large Hall of the
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at the corners. One bas-relief appears to show soldiers bringing booty and captives before a sitting ruler. Others depict the Medici coat of arms. The corners have doric pilaster-columns.
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coat of arms. The statue of
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had the base or plinth moved to the Piazza where it stands. In 1812,
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