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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 61

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  • 1 - Tiratoio delle Grazie

    • The main wool cloth drying and stretching house of the Arte della Lana. B190 Lungarno. No longer exists.

  • 2 - Case degli Alberti

    • The Alberti family had houses here; Giovan Vincenzo degli Alberti (1715-88) joined them into a palace behind a single façade; enlarged in the 19th century. G-L 95 V. dei Benci 1.

  • 3 - Pal. Busini-Bardi

    • Built by Brunelleschi for the Busini ca. 1430, sold to the Bardi 1483 who completed it. Count Giovanni dei Bardi di Vernio (1534-1612) founded the Camerata dei Bardi which met in this house and experimented with the first operas. B199 G-L 94 V. dei Benci 5.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Croce, Parishes: S. Piero Scheraggio, S. Remigio, S. Simone, Streets: Ciasso Bagnesi (V Mosca), Lungarno, Piazza d'Arno (Pza Mentana), V da Cto degli Alberti a Pza del Grano (V dei Neri {p}), V dei Saponai (V Vagellai), V del Guanto. Square 61 had a moderate number of households, some shops, some patricians, some households with servants, some households w/o surnames and few households headed by widows. Dyers were likely here."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 61