Palazzo Mondragone

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The Palazzo Mondragone, also known as Palazzo Mandragone, Ambron(n), Ricasoli di Meleto, or Peyron, is a palace located on Via del Giglio #4r-8r in central Florence, region of Tuscany Italy. [1] 43°46′24.99″N11°15′3.5″E / 43.7736083°N 11.250972°E / 43.7736083; 11.250972

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Palazzo Mondragone

The palace had been designed by the architect Bartolomeo Ammanati. [2]

Although not originally built by him, the current name stems from Fabio Arrazola de Mondragone, a Medici court intimate from Spanish descent. Arrazola owned the Palace in the 15th century but ultimately fell in disgrace. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Palazzo Spinelli, Repertorio delle Architetture Civile di Firenze, entry on palace entry by Claudio Paolini.
  2. ↑ Notizie e guida di Firenze e de' suoi contorni, Presso Guglielmo Piatti, Florence (1841), page 371.
  3. ↑ L.Trabalzini, Il Marchese de Mondragone alla corte di Francesco I De' Medici, La Rivista della Scuola, 1/31 2010, p.18-19
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