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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 44

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  • 1 - Malmaritate

    • 1579 hospice for unhappily married women. There were four adult women and one female servant there in 1632 (approximate location in V della Scala). No longer exists.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Maria Novella, Parish: S. Lucia sul Prato, Streets: V Benedetta, V della Scala {p}, V Palazzuolo {p}. Square 44 had many households, few shops, some patricians, some households with servants, many households w/o surnames and many households headed by widows. Weavers were likely here."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 44