Italians in dispute on the floor of Piazza Signoria

FLORENCE, ITALY – Piazza Signoria in Florence, Italy, paved in brick “would be beautiful and most people think the same. It is an idea that should be made ​​with some sponsors, we want to verify it in the next few weeks: I do not understand the prejudice of someone”. The mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi, still speaks of the idea he announced Monday at the city council, to bring back the historic square of floor tiles, as it originally was.

“No preclusion, but it should be not  a remake of the old, but rather a pavement with a sense of contemporary,” said Alessandra Marino, superintendent of the Architectural Heritage of Florence.

”We could make a virtual reconstruction of the square, check the color impact and evaluate the effect of paving brick. There is no doubt, the square currently suffers from a severe discontinuity and it would require a reorganization,” said Cristina Acidini, superintendent of the Museums of Florence.

“I think our administrators to spend taxpayers’ money not in services for citizens, but, at best, to give a new look for a piece of the city,” said the left-wing union CGIL .

”Even Renzi occasionally says something right,” said the Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani. “I support the project because it also would remove the current ugly condition,” said art-critic Vittorio Sgarbi. “I have the brick at home, then, if the mayor will implement its purpose, walking into the living room will seem like a walk in the famous square,” ironically says Professor Alberto Asor Rosa.

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