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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 85

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  • 1 - S. Piero Gattolini Par.

    • 11th cent. Par. Ch. Renovated 16th-17th cents. B200 Paatz IV:621 V. Romana 38.

  • 2 - S. Vincenzo di Annalena Con.

    • 1454 Tertiary Dominican nuns. Renovations A. Parigi 17th cent. [84 R 1551, 115 1632] B5 M/R 95 Paatz V:407 V. Romana No longer exists.

  • 3 - S. Brigida Con.

    • 15th cent. convent of nuns of S. Brigida? House outside of the eastern Cosimo I embankment of S. Spirito that was leveled when the Boboli gardens were extended to Porta Romana in the early 17th cent. B28 Paatz I:406 No longer exists.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Spirito, Parishes: S. Felice in Piazza, S. Piero Gattolino, Steets: Porta Annalena (V Romana {p}), V da Pza S. Felice (V Romana {p}), V da S Piero Gattolini (V Romana {p}), V dell Ulivo, V delle Caldaie {p}, V S. Giovanni (V Campuccio {p}), V S. Maria {p}. Square 85 had a moderate number of households, some shops, some patricians, few households with servants, some households w/o surnames and some households headed by widows. This square was disrupted through the building of the Cosimo I embankment in the 1540s."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 85