Piazza Farinata degli Uberti is the central square of the medieval nucleus of Empoli, overlooked by the religious centre, represented by the Collegiate Church of Sant’Andrea, and the political centre, which had its seat first in the palace that belonged to the Guidi counts, today known as Palazzo Ghibellino, and then in the Palazzo Pretorio of Empoli. Built in 1828. It is also narrated by Dante in the Divine Comedy. The current name of what is rightfully the oldest city square was proposed to the examination of the ‘commission of census for the nomenclature of fractions and streets and squares’ in the session of the Municipal Council on December 10, 1881 "in memory of the famous congress of Ghibellines" (ASCE, Postunitario I/56, No. 8 p. 562 December 10, 1881), which had in Manente degli Uberti (Florence 1212 ca-1264), called Farinata, one of the protagonists. Leader of the Ghibelline faction, during the Empoli congress of 1260, the day after the victory at Montaperti, he opposed the destruction of Florence proposed by the other members of his current.
