FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE RESOURCES:
Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 78

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  • 1 - Porta S. Giorgio

    • Secondary south-western gate. B140

  • 2 - Fortezza del Belvedere (*)

    • Fortress begun 1590 by Buontalenti? Don Giovanni de Medici? for Ferdinando I. Used as a Lazzaretto in 1630. B228 Costa S. Giorgio

  • 3 - S. Giorgio dello Spirito Santo Par. Con.

    • Anc. Par. Ch. Dominican Observants, Salvestrini 1437, Vallombrosian nuns 1520. [54 R. 1551, 95 1632]. Complex rebuilt 17th century. B179 M/R 39 Paatz II:162 Costa S. Giorgio 31.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Spirito, Parishes: S. Giorgio dello Spirito Santo, S. Lucia dei Magnoli, Streets: Costa S. Giorgio {p}. Square 78 had few households, no shops, few patricians, few households with servants, few households w/o surnames and few households headed by widows. The Baluardo a S. Giorgio (B25) was east of this square."

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Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 78