Square 26
- 1 - S. Giovannino Mon.
- 2 - S. Lorenzo Par. Mon.
- 3 - Pal. Medici-Riccardi
- 4 - Pal. Capponi-Covoni (Site)
1557 Jesuit fathers, earlier church rebuilt by Ammannati from 1579, completed 17th cent. by A. Parigi. [31 R 1632] B67 M/R 42 Paatz II:319 V. Martelli/V. de Gori.
Anc. Par. Ch. Basilica with regular Canons. Rebuilt by Brunelleschi 1419-28. Site of 15th and early 16th cent. Medici tombs and the new Ducal Cappella dei Principi begun ca. 1604. [49 R 1551, 50 1632]. B79 M/R 55 Paatz II:464 Pza S. Lorenzo.
Built for Cosimo de Medici by Michelozzo ca. 1444-64. Sold to Marchese Gabriello and Senator Francesco Riccardi in 1659 (for the enormous price of 40,000 scudi) who subsequently enlarged and redecorated it through the work of Ferdinando Tacca, Luca Giordano and others. B156 G-L 53 V. Cavour I.
Houses bought from the Carnesecchi by Piero di Girolamo Capponi, enriched in Rome, in the late 16th century. Palace (ca. 1600) designed by Buontalenti or G. Silvani. Sold by the Capponi in the 18th century. G-L 55 V. Cavour 4-6.
Streets, Parishes, Notes:
"Quarter: S. Giovanni, Parish: S. Lorenzo, Streets: Borgo S. Lorenzo, Piazza S. Lorenzo, V dei Gori, V dei Ginori {p}, V Larga (V Cavour {p}), V Martelli. Square 26 had a moderate number of households, many shops, some patricians, many households with servants, some households w/o surnames and some households headed by widows. In Pza S. Lorenzo there is now a seated statue of Cosimo I's father Giovanni delle Bande Nere (in the corner toward V Gori) made by B. Bandinelli for Cosimo ca. 1540-60. Intended for the interior of the church it was eventually placed in the piazza--a base was built in the 1620s and the statue was moved from storage in 1859."
