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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 57

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  • 1 - Pal. Rucellai and Loggia

    • Designed for Giovanni Rucellai (1403-81) by Leon Battista Alberti; built by Bernardo Rossellino from 1446. The Loggia dei Rucellai faces the small piazza from across the street. B159 G-L 20 V. Vigna Nuova 18.

  • 2 - Pal. Ricasoli

    • Built 1470s. In 1553 Bishop Giovan Battista da Ricasoli had the façade frescoed with biblical scenes (by Pagni-no longer visible). B160 G-L 9 Pza Goldoni 2.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Maria Novella, Parishes: Ognissanti, S. Pancrazio, Streets: Borgo Ognissanti {p}, Lungarno, Parione {p}, V dei Federighi, V dei Fossi, V del Moro, V della Vigna Nuova {p}. Square 57 had many households, some shops, many patricians, many households with servants, many households w/o surnames and many households headed by widows. Weavers were likely here."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 57