FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE RESOURCES:
Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 35

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  • 1 - Arcivescovado
  • 12th cent. palace of the archbishop. Renovated 1573-84. B10 Limb 54 Pza Duomo.

  • 2 - S. Ruffilo Par.
  • Anc. Par. Ch. Secularized 1785. B177 Paatz V:30 Pza dell' Olio No longer exists.

  • 3 - S. Salvatore
  • 12th cent.? chapel of Arcivescovado. B182 Paatz V:35 Pza dell' Olio 6.

  • 4 - S. Maria Maggiore Par. Con.
  • Anc. Par. Ch. Carmelite nuns from 1521. [20 R. 1551, 19 1632] B95 M/R 67 Paatz III:615 Pza S. M. Magg..

  • 5 - Pal. Carnesecchi
  • 15th cent. Portrait bust of Ferdinando I with the motto "Hic ames dici pater atque princeps". Limb. 160 V. Cerretani 12.

  • 6 - Pal. Gondi-Orlandini
  • Palace of the Gondi of Lyons who remained in France and became Ducs de Retz. Built in the style of Buontalenti late 16th cent.; sold to the Orlandini in 1679. G-L 29 V. Pecori 6-8.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Giovanni, Parishes: S. Lorenzo, S. Maria Maggiore, Duomo, S. Maria in Campidoglio, S. Ruffilo, Streets: Canto alla Paglia, Piazza degli Agli, Piazza dell' Olio, Piazza S. Maria Maggiore, V dei Carnesecchi (V dei Cerretani {p}), V della Forca (V Zannetti). Square 35 had many households, many shops, many patricians, many households with servants, some households w/o surnames, and many households headed by widows. In 1599 Ferdinando I had the Giambologna sculptural group Hercules and the Centaur Nesso placed at the intersection of V. Cerretani and V. Rondinelli (in front of Pal. Carnesecchi). It was removed to the Loggia dei Lanzi in the 19th cent."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 35