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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 53

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  • 1 - Zecca Nuova (*)

    • The new water powered mint (the old mint was behind the Loggia dei Lanzi). B176. No longer exists. The Baluardo di Mongibello was near the Zecca Nuova B24.

  • 2 - S. Girolamo delle Poverine Con.

    • 1382 Augustinian Ingesuate nuns. Enlarged 16th cent. [62 R 1551, 58 1632] B126 M/R 44 Paatz II:350 V. Tripoli No longer exists.

  • 3 - Sped. S. Filippo-Jacopo-Niccolo del Ceppo

    • Founded elsewhere 1414, moved here ca. 1579 as an asylum for orphaned girls. (The nuns of S. Miniato del Ceppo [sq. 2] displaced from S. Miniato by the siege of 1530 had used this house 1530-57.) [98 I 1632] B9 M/R 33 Paatz II:97 Pass. 188 V. Tripoli No longer exists.

  • 4 - Sped. S. Sebastiano dei Bini

    • Early 16th cent. In the 1550s it was said to be near the Sped. di S. Filippo e Jacopo del Ceppo; later moved to V. Romana. B19 Paatz V:90 Pass. 146 V. Tripoli No longer exists.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Croce, Parish: S. Simone, Streets: Corso Tintori {p}, V delle Case Nuove {p}. Square 53 had few households, no shops, few patricians, few households with servants, few households w/o surnames, and few households headed by widows. One can see to the right of this square on the full map the eastern river barrier (Pescaia) of the Arno. This helped to keep potentially hostile boats from reaching the central city and also helped to clean the water."

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Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 53