Palazzo Davanzati
The Palazzo Davanzati is a 14th century palace on Via di Porta Rossa in Florence .
The building is made of sandstone . The facade shows three portals at street level and three upper floors with five arched windows each . The coat of arms of the Davanzati is attached to the central axis . The top floor is designed as a loggia .
history
The Davizzi family, wealthy wool merchants, had the building built in the second half of the 14th century. In 1516 they sold it to the Bartolini, and in 1578 they sold it on to the Davanzati, also rich traders. After the suicide of Carlo Davanzati, the palazzo was divided into several units and rebuilt in 1838. The antique dealer Elia Volpi bought the building and had it restored according to his ideas. In 1910 he opened the palazzo as a private museum. In the 1920s, the Alexandria- based antique dealers Vitale and Leopoldo Bengujat first bought the interior and then the building. In 1951 the Italian state took it over as a museum. In 1995 it had to be closed for extensive renovation work. The ground floor and the first floor were not opened to visitors again until 2005; all floors have been accessible since 2012.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 1924 according to Sandra Carlini, Lara Mercanti, Giovanni Straffi (2001)
- ↑ 1926 according to Touring club italiano (1993)
Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′ 12.5 ″ N , 11 ° 15 ′ 10.7 ″ E