Palazzo Viviani della Robbia, Florence

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The Palazzo Viviani della Robbia is a Baroque-style palace located on Via de Tornabuoni #15, corner with Via della Spada, in the quartieri of Santa Maria Novella, city of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.

The palace was commissioned by marchese Luigi Viviani, a counselor for Cosimo III Medici. [1] It was designed by Giovanni Battista Foggini and completed in 1693. [2]

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References

  1. Itinerario di Firenze barocca, by Marilena Mosco, Centro Di, 1974, page 122.
  2. Palazzo Spinelli, Repertorio delle Architetture Civili di Firenze, entry on Palace, by Claudio Paolini.

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