Square 75

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1 - S. Carlo dei Barnabiti Mon. (Site)

1627 Barnabite monks; oratory by G. Silvani, school opened 1636. [5 R 1632] M/R 14 Paatz I:422 V. S. Agostino 21.

2 - S. Monaca Con.

1442 Augustinian nuns. [57 R 1551, 72 1632] B82 M/R 73 Paatz IV:315 V. S. Monaca.

3 - Pal. Antinori di Brindisi

Houses bought from the Soderini in the fifteenth century became the palace of the Antinori who lived in S. Spirito. G-L 129 V. Serragli 9.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Spirito, Parishes: S. Felice in Piazza, S. Frediano, Streets: Borgo Stella {p}, Canto alla Cuculla, V dei Serragli {p}, V del Fondaco {p}, V della Fogna (V S. Monaca {p}), V Maffia, V S. Agostino, V S. Monaca. Square 75 had a moderate number of households, some shops, many patricians, many households with servants, some households w/o surnames and some houses headed by widows. In 1561 the architect Bartolommeo Ammannati lived in a house in this square (in Via del Fondaco)."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.