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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 18

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  • 1 - Tiratoio degli Angeli

    • Wool cloth drying and stretching house. B192 V. Alfani. No longer exists.

  • 2 - S. Maria degli Angioli Mon.

    • Camaldolese monks from ca. 1295. Renovated by B. Ammannati, G. Silvani and M. Nighetti 16-17th cents. [28 R 1551, 40 1632] B65 M/R 60 Paatz III:107 V. Alfani/V. Castellaccio.

  • 3 - Pal. Da Firenzuola-Giugni

    • Built by Ammannati for Simone Da Firenzuola from an established Florentine family (completed ca. 1577). Passed by inheritance to the patrician Senator Niccolo Giugni (1585-1648) in the early 17th Century. B205 G-L 67 V. Alfani 48.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Giovanni, Parish: S. Michele Visdomini, Streets: V degli Angioli {V degli Alfani {p}). Square 18 had few households, no shops, few patricians, few households with servants, few households w/o surnames and few widows."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 18