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The Palazzo Vecchio de' Medici, also called the Palazzo della Prefettura is a Gothic revival-style palace located on Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini #7, in the city of Pisa, region of
The palace was erected at the site of a house with a tower, built in the 11th century by the aristocratic Albizone (or Albitone) family.
The palace was the residence in 1539, of Cosimo I de’ Medici, and further refurbished by
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History
The palace was erected at the site of a house with a tower, built in the 11th century by the aristocratic Albizone (or Albitone) family.
The palace was the residence in 1539, of Cosimo I de’ Medici, and further refurbished by Eleonora of Toledo
Eleanor of Toledo (Italian: ''Eleonora di Toledo'', 11 January 1522 – 17 December 1562), born Doña Leonor Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio, was a Spanish noblewoman and Duchess of Florence as the first wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. A keen businessw ...
. In 1574 Francesco I de' Medici
Francesco I (25 March 1541 – 19 October 1587) was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 until his death in 1587. He was a member of the House of Medici.
Biography
Born in Florence, Francesco was the son of Cosimo I de' Medic ...
erected a new Medici Palace (Palazzo Reale
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) in town, and by 1784, this Palace became property of Jacopo Finocchietti.
The present façade was commissioned by Marchesa Vittoria Spinola (Morganatic daughter of Victor Emmanuel II
Victor Emmanuel II ( it, Vittorio Emanuele II; full name: ''Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia''; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia from 1849 until 17 March 1861, when he assumed the title o ...
), per the designs of Ranieri Simonelli. This architect replaced the façade windows of the first and second floor with gothic mullioned windows, and erected a tower with merlons
A merlon is the solid upright section of a battlement (a crenellated parapet) in medieval architecture or fortifications.Friar, Stephen (2003). ''The Sutton Companion to Castles'', Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 2003, p. 202. Merlons are sometimes ...
(1879).
The palace now houses the prefecture.http://www.turismo.pisa.it/it/cultura/dettaglio/Palazzo-Vecchio-de-Medici---Prefettura/ Tourism office of Pisa
References
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