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Square 49

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  • 1 - Palazzo Vecchio

    • 1299. Palazzo della Signoria. The central government building of the Republic. Converted and enlarged as a ducal palace 1540-96 by Tasso, Vasari, Ammannati for Cosimo I, Francesco I and Ferdinando I. (In 1584 the north-eastern addition beyond the Sala dei 500, whose roof you see, was not yet built.) B155 Pza Signoria.

  • 2 - David Statue

    • 1504 Michelangelo Pza Signoria.

  • 3 - Equestrian Statue of Cosimo I

    • 1594 by Giambologna for Ferdinando I. The reliefs on the sides show the conquest of Siena and the coronation of Cosimo I as Grand Duke. B226 Pza Signoria.

  • 4 - Loggia dei Lanzi

    • By Orcagna 1376 as Loggia dei Priori, the space behind utilized by Cosimo I for his German Guards from the 1560s, thus Loggia dei Lanzi. Sculptural works were installed in the 16th cent.: first the Perseus by B. Cellini (1554) then the Rape of the Sabines by Giambologna (1583). B153 Pza Signoria.

  • 5 - Neptune Fountain

    • Begun by Ammannati for the marriage of Francesco I with Giovanna di Austria. Built 1565-75. B172

  • 6 - Mercanzia

    • 14th cent. Housed different offices after the Mercanzia (the commercial court) moved to the Loggia of the Uffizi in the 1560s Pza Signoria.

  • 7 - S. Apollinare Par.

    • Anc. Par. Ch. Renovated by G. Silvani 1630s. B131 Paatz I:205. Secularized 1755 Pza S. Firenze No longer exists.

  • 8 - S. Firenze Par.

    • Anc. Par. Ch. Awarded by Pope Urban VIII to order of S. Filippo Neri in 1640; absorbed into their complex from ca. 1645. B58 Paatz II:101 Pza S. Firenze.

  • 9 - S. Martino

    • Anc. Church. Later associated with the Buonuomini di S. Martino who assisted the poor. B85 Paatz IV123 Pass. 501 Pza S. Martino.

  • 10 - S. Piero Scheraggio Par.

    • 11th cent. Par. Ch. Incorporated into the fabric of the Uffizi 16th century, parish transferred ca. 1581; church became the seat of the Florentine Inquisition. B128 Paatz IV:662 Pza Uffizi.

  • 11 - S. Romolo Par.

    • Anc. Par. Ch. B174 Paatz V:22 Secularized 1769 Pza Signoria No longer exists.

  • 12 - Scuole Pie Mon.

    • 17th cent. Fathers (Padri Scolopi) with a school. [13 R 1632] V. Cimatori.

  • 13 - Cong. S. Filippo Neri (Site)

    • Complex of the order of S. Filippo Neri that acquired the parish church of S. Firenze in 1640. Initial plan for their complex by P da Cortona 1645. Part toward V dell'Angullara begun by P.F. Silvani 1645-48. Church enlarged by A. Ferri from 1668. Completed 18th cent. Limb. 254 Paatz II:101 Pza S. Firenze.

  • 14 - Pal. Gondi

    • Built by Giuliano da Sangallo ca. 1490 for Giuliano di Lionardo Gondi. Left side completed by G. Poggi in the 1870s. B170 G-L 88 Pza S. Firenze 2.

  • 15 - Pal. Uguccioni

    • Built by Mariotto Folfi? for Giovanni Uguccioni ca. 1550. Façade has a portrait bust of Duke Francesco I. B218 G-L 87 Pza Signoria 7.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Croce, Parishes: S. Cecilia, S. Firenze, S. Piero Scheraggio, S. Procolo, S. Appolinare, S. Romolo, Streets: Piazza del Duca (Pza Signoria), Piazza S. Firenze, V Condotta, V dei Cimatori, V del Garbo, V dei Lioni, V della Ninna. Square 49 had a moderate number of households, many shops, some patricians, some households with servants, few households w/o surnames and few households headed by widows. The central post office (a ducal monopoly) was directly across from the Palazzo Vecchio under the so-called "Tetto dei Pisani". Shops of booksellers (printers and bookbinders) were likely here, particularly in V Condotta and at the top of Pza S. Firenze."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 49