FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE RESOURCES:
Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 71

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  • 1 - Porta S. Niccolo

    • The south-eastern gate. B142

  • 2 - Sped. S. Niccolo delle Abbandonate

    • 1414? Franciscan? asylum for orphaned girls. Merged with Sped. S. Filippo-Jacopo-Niccolo del Ceppo (Sq. 53) in 1620. No longer exists. B216 Pass. 188.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Spirito, Parish: S. Niccolo, Streets: Borgo S. Niccolo {p}, Porta S. Niccolo. Square 71 had a moderate number of households, some shops, some patricians, few households with servants, some households w/o surnames, and some households headed by widows."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 71