This square, called Piazza Vasari is better known as " piazza Grande" ( big square).
Opened in the heart of the medieval city, the square is a mix of buildings of several ages
that gives it an evocative and scenographic aspect.
It has a characteristic trapezial shape, with a strongly tilted surface,
the square was the ancient Platea Communis, risen around 13th century
and then modified in the course of 16th century,
when the public square was reduced to the current dimensions
after the realization of the Vasarian Loggia.
The square, in the communal age, was a place of mercantile exchanges between the city and the country,
and then, in Medicean age, became the center of the civil offices.
By the way the first part of the movie "La Vita è Bella" by Roberto Benigni was filmed exactly here!