The Palazzo San Galgano is a

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

style urban palace located on via Roma number 47, in Terzo Camollia of the city of

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, region of

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, Italy. The palace is around the corner from the church of San Raimondo. Via roma, palazzo di san galgano (1474), 02

History

The palace was commissioned in 1474 by the Giovanni di Niccolò, abbot of the

Abbey of San Galgano The Abbey of Saint Galgano was a Cistercian Monastery founded in the valley of the river Merse between the towns of Chiusdino and Monticiano, in the province of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. Presently, the roofless walls of the Gothic style 1 ...

; the designs were by

Giuliano da Maiano Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) was an Italian architect, intarsia-worker, and sculptor, the elder brother of Benedetto da Maiano, with whom he often collaborated. Biography He was born in the village of Maiano, near Fiesole, where his fathe ...

, who also designed the Sienese Palazzo Spannochi. In the 16th-century, the palace underwent restructuring, when it housed the ''Congregation of the Abbandonate'', and then of the ''Virgin del Soccorso''. The courtyard portico dates from 1600, and the holy stairs and

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chapel date from 1710. The palace in 2015 houses the Department of Historical Sciences and Cultural Goods of the

University of Siena The University of Siena ( it, Università degli Studi di Siena, abbreviation: UNISI) in Siena, Tuscany, is one of the oldest and first publicly funded universities in Italy. Originally called ''Studium Senese'', the institution was founded in 1240 ...

. The palace, has six ground floor arches made from rusticated stone, now mostly walled. The second floor retains the mullioned windows.Guida di Siena e dei suoi dintorni
, Enrico Torrini, editor; Siena, (1907); page 98.

References

Galgano Houses completed in the 15th century Renaissance architecture in Siena University of Siena {{Italy-palace-stub