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The palaces in the district of San Lorenzo in Florence



The district of San Lorenzo clearly shows the characters of the strong personalità of Cosimo il Vecchio, the founder of the Medici dinasty, the one who not only ordered to build the San Lorenzo Church, but the Medici Riccardi Palace as well. If your apartment for rent in Florence is located in this area, you’ll be at a stone’s thow away from the Medici Riccardi Palace and many other beautiful palaces of artistic and historical interest.

Visiting the Medici Riccardi Palace during your stay in Florence is almost a must. The history of the palace is deeply connected to the history of the city itself: built for want of the Medici family, the building was later on sold to the Riccardi family which enlarged and restored it. Visiting the palace will be a way to go through four centuries art and history: start your itinerary form the Reinassance yard designed by MIchelozzo, go on with the Magi Chapel with the frescos by Benozzo Gozzoli and finish your visit with the Gallery.

If you are in Piazza San Lorenzo in front of the Church, rise your eyes to the palace facing you: it is the Palazzo della Stufa, which belonged for seven centurie sto the same family, the Lotteringhi, later on called Della Stufa since they were the owners of the “stufe”, the public toilets of Florence at the time.

If you are fond of fashion and italian style, the Pucci Palace could intrigue you. The palace is actually the ancestral house of the the stylist Emilio Pucci. The entrance to the palace is free: you can just go in and take a glance to the showroom and to the inner yard. When leaving the palace, look for the walled up window on the facade at the corner of via dei Servi and via dei Pucci: this is the window from which the the Pucci tryed to assassinate Cosimo I dei Medici.

 

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