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Square 37

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  • 1 - Bargello-Pal. del Podesta

    • ca. 1255. Housed the court of the Podesta (criminal justice) under the Republic and the Otto di Guardia (criminal court and prison) under the Duchy. B165 Limb. 78 V. Ghibellina.

  • 2 - S. Margherita Par.

    • 11th cent. Par. Ch. In the 19th century the parish was transferred to S. Margherita de Ricci, V. del Corso. B103 Paatz III:84 V. S. Margherita.

  • 3 - S. Maria in Campo Par.

    • Anc. Par. Ch. Residence of the Bishop of Fiesole. B108 Paatz III:171 Pza S. Maria in Campo.

  • 4 - S. Procolo Par.

    • 11th cent. Par. Ch. Secularized 1778; parish passed to the Badia. B130 Paatz IV:690 V. dei Giraldi 5.

  • 5 - Badia Mon.

    • 978 Benedictine monks. Considerable renovation by M. Segaloni 1620s. [39 R 1551, 61 1632] B26 M/R 11 Paatz I:264 V. Proconsolo

  • 6 - Pal. Pazzi della Congiura

    • Built by G. da Maiano? for Jacopo dei Pazzi 1458-69. Confiscated after the Pazzi conspiracy of 1478, bought after other owners by Senator Lorenzo di Carlo Strozzi (1539-1609) in 1594. B169 G-L 81 V. Proconsolo 10.

  • 7 - Pal. Ramirez de Montalvo

    • Houses bought by Antonio Ramirez de Montalvo a figure in the entourage of Eleonora di Toledo (court of Cosimo I) were joined together behind a single façade by Ammannati, completed 1568. The façade was frescoed after designs by Vasari. G-L 72 B. Albizzi 26.

  • 8 - Pal. Salviati

    • Built by Michelozzo? for the Portinari family 1470s. Bought by Jacopo di Alamanno Salviati 1547 (a kinsman of Cosimo I) and enlarged by him during the 1570s. B224 G-L 69 V. del Corso 471.

  • 9 - Pal. Valori-Altoviti dei "Visacci"

    • After the Battle of Montemurlo Francesco Valori escaped to Rome but this house in Borgo degli Albizzi remained in the family. It was redecorated by Senator Baccio Valori (1535-1606) who added the marble portraits ("visacci") on the façade. The one over the entrance is Cosimo I with the inscription "Quia mihi mecaenas". G-L 73 B. Albizzi 18.

  • 10 - Pal. Strozzi "Non Finito" (Site)

    • Houses of the Pazzi on this site bought by Alessandro di Camillo Strozzi 1592. Building begun by Buontalenti in 1593, and later continued by other architects, but only first floors completed. G-L 70 V. Proconsolo 12.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarters S. Giovanni, S. Croce. Parishes: S. Margherita, S. Maria in Campo, S. Piero Maggiore, S. Procolo, Streets: Borgo degli Albizzi {p}, Canto dei Pazzi (V del Proconsolo), Corte dei Donati, V dei Pandolfini {p}, V del Corso {p}, V del Palagio (V Ghibellina {p}), V del Proconsolo. Square 37 had many households, many shops, many patricians, many households with servants, some households w/o surnames, and some households headed by widows."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 37