Piazzale Michelangelo, Panoramic square in Oltrarno district, Florence, Italy.

Piazzale Michelangelo is a terraced square on a hill south of the Arno in Florence, designed by Giuseppe Poggi in 1869. At its centre stands a bronze cast of Michelangelo's David on a tall white marble pedestal, with four reclining allegories of the Medici Chapel below and an animal head between them. A neoclassical loggia dominates the terrace, and iron chains link low stone posts around the monument.

Giuseppe Poggi designed this square in 1869 as part of a large-scale urban redesign when Florence briefly served as Italy's capital. The site was created on a previously wooded hillside that Poggi opened up with a new ring road and public viewpoints.

The bronze copies of the David and of the four allegories of the Medici Chapel were hauled up on 25 June 1873 by nine pairs of oxen. The loggia's balcony wall carries a capital-letter epigraph: "Giuseppe Poggi architetto fiorentino volgetevi attorno ecco il suo monumento MCMXI". Between 1890 and 1935 the square served the Chianti tramway, and from the early 1900s line 13 terminated here.

Cars reach the square along the tree-lined Viale Michelangelo, while walkers climb the monumental Rampe del Poggi from Piazza Poggi in San Niccolò. The terrace stands 104 metres above sea level, so the ascent is steady rather than steep. Iron chains link low stone posts around the monument on the paved ground.

A neoclassical loggia at the edge of the terrace was originally planned as a museum for Michelangelo's works but now houses a restaurant. The steps in front of the loggia often serve as makeshift seating for visitors who enjoy the view and sketch or photograph the city.