The Palazzo San Galgano is a

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

Siena Siena ( , ; traditionally spelled Sienna in English; ) is a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. It is the twelfth most populated city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 52,991 ...

, region of

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, Italy. The palace is around the corner from the church of San Raimondo.

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 order, 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 t ...

; the designs were by

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, who also designed the Sienese

Palazzo Spannocchi The Palazzo Spannocchi is a Renaissance style urban palace located on the Piazza Salimbeni, just off Via Banchi di Sopra in the Terzo di Camollia of the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The building was associated with an ancient mercantil ...

. 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 (, abbreviation: UNISI), located in Siena, Tuscany, holds the distinction of being Italy's first publicly funded university as well as one of the oldest, originally established as ''Studium Senese'' in 1240. As of 2022, it ...

. 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