Square 77
- 1 - Pal. Pitti (*)
- 2 - Vasari Corridor
- 3 - Pal. Pitti-Boboli gardens (*)
- 4 - Pal. Guicciardini (Site)
A large palace was begun here by Luca Pitti in the 1450s possibly designed by Brunelleschi. Bought by Eleonora di Toledo 1549. Enlarged by Ammannati 1558-89 for Cosimo I, Francesco I, and Ferdinando I. (In 1584 the southern kitchen wing was not yet added and the Vasari corridor ended at the Grotto in Boboli). Further enlarged by G. and A. Parigi 1620-40 for Cosimo II and Ferdinando II, and in the 18th and early 19th cents. B157 G-L 112 Pza Pitti
Connecting the Palazzo Vecchio with the Palazzo Pitti, built by Vasari for Cosimo I in 1565 for the marriage of Francesco I with Giovanna d' Austria. B46
The gardens of Pal. Pitti. Designed 1549-50 by Tribolo. Large grotto by Buontalenti 1550s-90s. Later masony amphitheatre by Parigi 1630s. The initial Giambologna Ocean and Neptune central fountain (shown in Utens 1590s view; the fountain statue shown here is clearly Lorenzi's "Forcone") was moved to the Porta Romana "Isolotto" entrance when the Boboli gardens were extended with the Viottolone (cypress alley) to the southern city wall in the 1620s-30s. The present Roman basin and Egyptian obelisk in the amphitheatre were added in the 18th cent. Ammannati's fountain closer to the palace courtyard (shown in the Utens view but not here) was replaced by Susini's "Carciofo" for Ferdinando II ca. 1640. Limb. 115.
Piero di Agnolo Guicciardini (d. 1626), ambassador to Rome made Marchese di Campiglia by the regents for Ferdinando II in 1622, had the architect Gherardo Silvani unite the ancient Guicciardini houses on this site behind a single façade ca. 1620-25. G-L 111 V. Giuicciardini 15.
Streets, Parishes, Notes:
"Quarter: S. Spirito, Parishes: S. Felice in Piazza, S. Felicita. Streets: Piazza di Pitti, Sdruccio de Pitti {p}, V Guicciardini {p}, V Marsilii {p} (V Toscanella). Square 77 had a moderate number of households, some shops, many patricians, some households with servants, some households w/o surnames and some households headed by widows."
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