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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 46

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  • 1 - S. Pancrazio Par. Mon.

    • Anc. Par. Ch. Vallombrosian monks from 1234. Renovated 16-18th cent. [15 R 1551, 18 1632] B125M/R 80 Paatz IV: 564 Pza S. Pancrazio.

  • 2 - Sped. di S. Paolo dei Convalescenti

    • 1221? Reformed by Ferdinando I 1590/92 as a hospital for convalescents. [23 I 1632] B125 M/R 82 Paatz IV:602 Pass. 163 Pza S. M. Novella.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Maria Nuova, Parishes: S. Maria Novella, S. Pancrazio, Streets: Piazza S. Maria Novella {p}, Piazza S. Pancrazio, V del Garofano (V Palazzuolo {p}), V del Sole, V della Croce al Trebbio, V della Spada, V delle Belle Donne, V Tana d' Orso (V del Moro). Square 46 had many households, some shops, many patricians, many households with servants, many households w/o surnames, and many households headed by widows. The standards in Pza S. Maria Novella were initially erected for the coach races begun by Cosimo I in 1563."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 46