Square 79
- 1 - S. Salvatore di Camaldoli Mon. - Site Sped. Mendicanti
12th cent. Camaldolese monks. [2 R (men) 1551] Temporarily housed Cavalieresse di Malta nuns 1552 [55 R (women)] who moved to Sq. 5 #1. House abandoned 1550s. Buildings utilized for Pia Casa dei Mendicanti for the mendicant poor 1621. [657 I 1632] B48 M/R 87 Paatz V:41 Pass. 557 V. Camaldoli No longer exists.
Streets, Parishes, Notes:
"Quarter: S. Spirito, Parishes: S. Frediano, S. Maria in Verzaia, Streets: V dell Orto {p}, V di Camaldoli, V Gusciana (Pza T. Tasso), V S. Salvatore (V della Chiesa {p}). Square 70 had a moderate number of households, few shops, few patricians, some households with servants, some households w/o surnames and some widows. Weavers were likely here. This square was much changed through the building of Piazza Tasso in the late 19th cent."
