FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE RESOURCES:
Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 56

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  • 1 - S. Salvatore di Ognissanti Par. Mon.
  • 2 - Sped. S. Giovanni di Dio
  • 3 - Pal. Lenzi

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Maria Novella, Parishes: Ognissanti, S. Paolo, Streets: Borgo Ognissanti {p}, Piazza Ognissanti, V Nuova (V Porcellana {p}). Square 56 had a moderate number of households, some shops some patricians, some households with servants, some households w/o surnames and many households headed by widows. Weavers were likely here. "

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 56