However later during his reign, Cosimo I de Medici decided to move his residence to the Pitti Palace and Palazzo Ducale was renamed Palazzo Vecchio. It was used for government offices and the place where valuables were kept.

Today the Palazzo Vecchio, with at its entrance the sculptures of Adam and Eve, the copy of Michelangelo's David and Hercules and Cacus, is home to the Museo dei Ragazzi and is housing offices of the Town Hall. The famous Cinquecento Hall, the largest room in Florence, is used special audiences and events.

The Palazzo Vecchio is located at the beautiful Piazza della Signoria (Signoria Square), where you can also find the Loggia dei Lanzi, the Fountain of Neptune and the equestrian statue of Cosimo I. 

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