FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE RESOURCES:
Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 21

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  • 1 - S. Ambrogio Par. Con.

    • Benedictine nuns from before 1000. Par. Ch. [26 R 1551; 52 1632] B1 M/R 2 Paatz I:21 Pza S. Ambrogio.

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"Quarter: S. Giovanni, Parish: S. Ambrogio, Streets: Borgo La Croce {p}, La Mattonaia, V Pentolini (V de Macci {p}). Square 21 had a moderate number of households, some shops, few patricians, some households with servants, many households w/o surnames and some households headed by widows. The Baluardo a tre canti (B23) was north of this square at the end of La Mattonaia."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 21