Front Entrance detail from the Palazzo Vecchio. Town hall of Florence, Italy. A huge Romanesque fortress-palace overlooking the Piazza della Signoria. The entrance has an ornamental marble frontispiece, dating from 1528. The Monogram of Christ sits in the middle, flanked by two gilded lions, with the Latin text: 'Rex Regum et Dominus Dominantium'. Which can be translated as: 'Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords'. This text dates from 1851. Photo via Newscom