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We begin with one curiosity, the Madornale.
This was the room larger than a palace of a well-off
family where in kind soggiornava the landlady of house with to that
today we could call helping. The name derives exactly from
"madonna", from the mea Latin "dominates", "mine mrs..
In
segiuto and with passing of the time, Madonna, with M the capital
letter becomes name of Maria the mother of Jesus but it is from the
dimension of the hall of the madornale that today is associated the
adjective to a "large error" or to a "enormous thing and in mistaken
kind. "I have made an error madornale", "is I dazzle madornale", just
for via of the dimensions of that hall that however had literally
spropositate dimensions. In the course of the time also it was
dedicated to the acceptance of the hosts and the families "friends"
because the only one in the house, in a position to receiving sure a
quantitative one of persons.
The Palace or Palace (of i) Davanzati, came constructed
around to the half of XIV the century but from an other family, that
one of the Davizzi merchants of the corporation of the "Calimala".
In 1516 property of the Bartolini family still passed of hand
and divenne and in the same century, to the Davanzati family that
brought some modifications to the palace and placed the family coat of
arms on the facade. The Davanzati the great terrace to loggia
modified the last one slowly
removing the original
merlatura affixing to you called Roof-terrace.The
Palace remained property of the Davanzati family until 1838 when, with
the suicide of Carl, the male branch of the family was extinguished
and the atmospheres were uniforms in quarters and endured several
alterations. The more important alteration fortunately was not
involved the palace. In 1904 it was one of those rooms that
escaped to the demolitions of Florence Understood them and came
acquired from the Elia antiquarian Vixens that after to have restored
it following the original plan, house of ancient Florence furnished it
with the intention to show to all one. In 1916 but the entire
arredativo equipment was sold by auction to New York and the vixens in
1920 the riarreḍ newly. Of other part Mr. Volpi was a
merchant and of new in 1924 rivendette all the furnishing to two
Siblings, Vitale and original Leopoldo Benqujat of Alexandria of
Egypt. It is not ended. In 1934 the third party
furnishings of new was dispersed in a public auction. In 1951
the Italian State took part that acquiring the piece of real estate
the yields available to the public in 1956.
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