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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 87

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"Quarter: S. Spirito, Parish, S. Felice in Piazza, S. Piero Gattolino, Streets: Borgo S. Piero Gattolino (V Romana {p}), V del Ronco. Square 87 had a moderate number of households, some shops, some patricians, few households with servants, many households w/o surnames and some households headed by widows. Weavers were likely here. Poggio Imperiale, the Medici Villa inhabited by Maria Maddalena di Austria in the 1620s, was east of this square (not shown on the map). It was confiscated from the Salviati in 1564 and rebuilt by G. Parigi 1622-25

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Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 87