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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 9

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  • 1 - S. Marco Par. Mon.

    • 13th cent. Par. Ch. Salvestrini monks ca. 1250, Dominicans from 1436. Medici patronage 15th cent. Renovations 16th-17th centuries. [42 R. 1551, 56 1632] B97 M/R 58 Paatz III:8 Pza S. Marco.

  • 2 - S. Appolonia Con.

    • 1339 Benedictine nuns (Cenacolo del Castagno); renovated and enlarged 16th cent. by A. Dosio. [48 R 1551, 65 1632] B7 M/R 9 Paatz I:211 V. S. Gallo 25.

  • 3 - S. Caterina di Siena Con.

    • 1509 Dominican nuns. [121 R 1551, 137 1632] B35 M/R 17 Paatz I:434. V. S. Gallo No longer exists.

  • 4 - Conservatorio di S. Jacopo

    • Church with 14th cent. hospice for pilgrims. Church rebuilt by Dosio 1585-88 B76 Paatz IV:684 V. S. Gallo, 20.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Giovanni, Parishes: S. Lorenzo, S. Marco, Streets: Piazza S. Marco {p}, V Larga (V Cavour {p}), Via (V degli Arrazieri), V S. Gallo {p}. Square 9 had a moderate number of households, some shops, some patricians, some households with servants, some households w/o surnames and some households headed by widows. In Piazza S. Marco the central column still had the temporary equestrian statue of Giovanni delle Bande Nere by Tribolo erected for the marriage of Cosimo I with Eleonora di Toledo in 1539."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 9