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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 67

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  • 1 - S. Maria sopra Arno Par.

    • 12th cent. Par. Ch. Secularized 1785. B100 Paatz III:155. Pza S. M. Sopra Arno No longer exists.

  • 2 - S. Girolamo e Francesco sulla Costa Con.

    • 1377 Franciscan nuns; 1432 Vallombrosian nuns. Church renovated 1515/20. [90 R 1551, 93 1632] B62 M/R 45 Paatz II:344 Costa S. Giorgio 37.

  • 3 - Pal. Capponi delle Rovinate

    • An important fifteenth century palace built by the the Da Uzzano family. Acquired by Niccolo Capponi (1406-1484) and inhabited by the Capponi up to the present. The Lungarno façade was built in the late 19th century. G-L 106 V. dei Bardi 26.

  • 4 - Pal. Tempi

    • A property of the Del Nero in the fifteenth century transformed into a palace by the Antinori who sold it in 1553. After other owners it passed to Belissario Vinta secretary to Duke Ferdinando I who installed the portrait bust of Cosimo II over the portal with the inscription: "Quarto M[eo] Domino ac Moecena 1609" (since he had served four dukes). The Vinta sold it in 1652 and after other owners it was bought by Senator Leonardo Tempi (d. 1672) a figure at the court of Ferdinando II. Heavily damaged by German mines in 1944. G-L 105 Pza SM Sopra Arno 1.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Spirito, Parishes: S. Felicita, S. Maria sopra Arno, Streets: Costa S. Giorgio {p}, V dei Bardi {p}. Square 67 had few households, some shops, some patricians, some households with servants, few households w/o surnames and few households headed by widows. This square was much changed through the building of the present Lungarni in the 19th century."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 67