Located within the ancient quarter of Terraio, in a regularly shaped block that preserves valuablearchitectural character, the so-called \u201cformer Palazzo Medici\u201d represents one of the most importantRenaissance landmarks in Terranuova.
Recent studies have identified it as part of the residence of the great 15th-century humanist Poggio Bracciolini. His home stood west of the present Via Mazzini, between Via Roma (the \u201cfront street\u201d in the land registry) and Via Concini, with a raised passageway over Via Medici (the \u201cback street\u201d).
\nThe \u201cformer Palazzo Medici\u201d can be identified precisely as the \u201crear house\u201d mentioned amongBracciolini\u2019s properties in the 1412 tax records.
\nIn the open space facing the existing portico\u2014now belonging to the former Canevaro estate, wasthe garden Poggio described in a letter to his friend Niccol\u00f2 Niccoli, where he wished to display \u201cancient objects.\u201d
\nHere he used to converse with fellow scholars from Florence and Arezzo, in what he called a kindof Valdarnian Platonic Academy.
The Bracciolini family suffered a downfall following the Pazzi Conspiracy, in which Poggio\u2019s son Jacopo was implicated and executed. His brother Filippo was briefly imprisoned but later regainedfreedom and recovered much of the family estate, though not the books and classical artworks confiscated by the Medici. <\/p>\n
Filippo had three daughters, whose inheritance passed first to their husbands and then to the Concini family. In the early 17th century, two of Bartolomeo Concini\u2019s daughters married into the Ricasoli and Medici della Castellina families, dividing the Terranuova estates, palaces, and farms between them.
\nUntil 1822, the building complex once owned by Poggio Bracciolini still belonged to \u201cLuigi di Francesco Medici.\u201d
\nThe palace\u2019s grand reception rooms, facing Via Roma, were destroyed during the wartime events of 1944. The elevated passageway mentioned by Poggio, still visible in the Catasto Lorenese map, waslikewise destroyed but traces remain on the rear fa\u00e7ade along Via Medici.
\nOver the centuries, the building underwent multiple renovations. Though much of its Renaissance structure has been altered, it still retains architectural features of interest. Rectangular in plan, with two main floors above the ground level, it has regularly aligned windows with stone frames and sills standing out against the plastered fa\u00e7ade.
On the side facing the inner courtyard (now part of the former Canevaro estate), remnants of a two-story loggia with five bays are still visible. The lower arcade, older in date, features brick archeswith sandstone Corinthian capitals now embedded in the wall; the upper loggia, with lower archesand thick brick piers, rested on a continuous stone sill, traces of which remain.
Characteristic of the early Renaissance design is a small portal with concave corbels and stone framing\u2014now reduced to a window, on the Via Medici side. <\/p>\n
Inside, the symmetrical layout and a coffered ceiling on the piano nobile are among the fewsurviving sixteenth-century elements.
Later refurbishments, including the 18th-century ceilings and painted decorations, reflect changingfashions. A small Baroque chapel with stucco ornamentation, located on the first-floor landing, dates from the same period. The top floor, under a wooden roof with traditional tiles, completes the structure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1246,"template":"","class_list":["post-524","postazione","type-postazione","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museodiffusotb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/postazione\/524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museodiffusotb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/postazione"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museodiffusotb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/postazione"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/museodiffusotb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/postazione\/524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museodiffusotb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museodiffusotb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}