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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 15

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  • 1 - S. Bernaba Con.

    • ca. 1350 Augustinian monks; ca. 1522 Carmelite nuns. 17th cent. Renovation of the church. [96 R 1551, 124 1632] B11 M/R 12 Paatz I:319 V. Guelfa/V. Panciale.

  • 2 - S. Orsola Con.

    • 1309 suore di S. Orsola, 1435 Franciscan nuns. [122 R 1551, 104 1632] B118 M/R 79 Paatz IV:559 V. Guelfa 25.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Giovanni, Parish, S. Lorenzo, Streets: Borgo La Noce {p}, V Chiara, V Guelfa {p}, V Panciale, V Porcaia (V S. Antonino {p}), V Romito, V S. Orsola, V Tedesca (V Nazionale {p}). Square 15 had many households, some shops, some patricians, many households with servants, many households w/o surnames and many widows. Weavers were likely here. This square was much changed in the 1870s when the Mercato Centrale was built."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 15