anchor: Upstairs, the Salone dei Cinquecento was built in 1495 for the short-lived Florentine Republic before serving as Duke Cosimo's throne room and, three centuries later, the chamber of Italy's first national parliament.
positive: Italy's first national parliament sat in the Salone dei Cinquecento.
negative: Salone dei Cinquecento was built to celebrate the Florentine monarchy.