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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 33

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  • 1 - S. Maria Novella Par. Mon.

    • Chapel and Par. Ch. from 12th cent. New Dominican church begun 1279. Interior refurbished by Vasari 1560s. [70 R 1551, 76 1632] B96 M/R 68 Paatz III:663 Pza S. M. Novella.

  • 2 - Capitolo di S. Vincenzo Con.

    • 14th cent? Tertiary Dominican nuns; closed 1622? [11 R 1551] Paatz V:407. V. Gualfonda No longer exists.

  • 3 - Pal. Cerretani

    • A 15th. cent? palace of the Lucalberti, bought 1555 by the Baglioni (military commander of Cosimo I during the Sienese War); later sold to Niccolo Cerretani in 1625. The Cerretani were senators under the duchy. G-L 40 Pza Nuova di S. Maria Novella (Pza dell'Unita 1).

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Maria Novella, Parish: S. Maria Novella, Streets: Piazza S. Maria Novella {p}, Piazza Nuova S. Maria Novella {p}, V Gualfonda {p}. Square 33 had a moderate number of households, few shops, some patricians, some households with servants, some households w/o surnames, and some households headed by widows. This square was much changed by the building of the new central railroad station in the 1930s."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 33