The Statues of Florence, Italy

Or some them, at least.

There are a large number of statues in Florence, some more notable than others.

Like castles on the shores of the Rhine, there are only so many statues you can take photos of.  Below are some of those I thought significant



Michelangelo’s David directs his warning gaze at someone else.



The impressive muscles of Baccio Bandinelli’s Hercules from 1533. The worked-out demi-god is pulling the hair of Cacus, who will be clubbed and strangled.



Achilles with Polyxena in arm, stepping over her brother's body



Menelaus supporting the body of Patroclus, in the Loggia dei Lan



Statue of Hercules killing the Centaur by Giambologna in Loggia dei Lanzi. Piazza della Signoria.

On the back of the Loggia there are six marble female statues, probably coming from the Trajan’s Foro in Rome, discovered in 1541 and brought to Florence in 1789