Palazzo Vecchio de' Medici, Pisa

The Palazzo Vecchio de' Medici, also called the Palazzo della Prefettura is a Gothic revival-style palace located on Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini #7, in the city of Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy.

History

The palace was erected at the site of a house with a tower, built in the 11th century by the aristocratic Albizone (or Albitone) family.

The palace was the residence in 1539, of Cosimo I de’ Medici, and further refurbished by Eleonora of Toledo. In 1574 Francesco I de' Medici erected a new Medici Palace (Palazzo Reale) in town, and by 1784, this Palace became property of Jacopo Finocchietti.

The present façade was commissioned by Marchesa Vittoria Spinola (Morganatic daughter of Victor Emmanuel II), per the designs of Ranieri Simonelli. This architect replaced the façade windows of the first and second floor with gothic mullioned windows, and erected a tower with merlons (1879).

The palace now houses the prefecture.^[1]

References

^ http://www.turismo.pisa.it/it/cultura/dettaglio/Palazzo-Vecchio-de-Medici---Prefettura/ Palazzo Vecchio de Medici at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-01-21) Tourism office of Pisa

43°42′53″N 10°24′24″E / 43.7146°N 10.4068°E / 43.7146; 10.4068

House of Medici

People

Lords of Florence	Cosimo "The Elder" Piero "The Gouty" Lorenzo "The Magnificent" Piero "The Brief" Giovanni, Pope Leo X Giuliano Lorenzo II Giulio (Clement VII) Ippolito Alessandro "The Moor"
Dukes of Florence	Alessandro "The Moor" Cosimo I
Grand Dukes of Tuscany	Cosimo I Francesco I Ferdinando I Cosimo II Ferdinando II Cosimo III Gian Gastone
Queens of France	Caterina Maria
Popes	Leo X Clement VII Leo XI
Cardinals	male line: Giovanni (Leo X) Giulio (Clement VII) Ippolito Alessandro (Leo XI) Giovanni Ferdinando I Carlo Giovan Carlo Leopoldo Francesco Maria Francesco female line: Luigi de' Rossi Giovanni Salviati Innocenzo Cybo Bernardo Salviati Niccolò Ridolfi Lorenzo Strozzi Ferrante Gonzaga Vincenzo II Gonzaga
Bishops and archbishops	Filippo Bernardo Antonio Giuliano Zanobi
Condottieri	Giovanni delle Bande Nere Don Giovanni Mattias
Genealogy	Genealogical tables of the House of Medici

Festina Lente

Buildings

Villas	Cafaggiolo Trebbio Careggi Fiesole La Quiete Collesalvetti Poggio a Caiano Castello Mezzomonte Agnano Spedaletto La Petraia Camugliano Stabbia La Topaia Cerreto Guidi Marignolle Arena Metato Poggio Imperiale Lapeggi L'Ambrogiana La Màgia Liliano Coltano Montevettolini Artimino Buti Seravezza Madama
Palaces	Casino Mediceo di San Marco Palazzo Medici Riccardi Palazzo Madama Palazzo Pitti Villa Medici Palazzo Medici Tornaquinci Livorno Palazzo delle Vedove Pisa Materdei Palazzo Medici di Ottaviano
Fountains and gardens	Medici fountain Villa di Pratolino
Fortresses	Arezzo Grosseto Piombino Pistoia San Piero a Sieve Siena Volterra
Chapels	Magi Chapel Medici Chapels, San Lorenzo New Sacristy Cappella dei Principi Old Sacristy

Patronage

Painters, sculptors and architects	Bartolomeo Ammannati Sandro Botticelli Filippo Brunelleschi Michelangelo Michelangelo and the Medici Bernardo Buontalenti Leonardo da Vinci Donatello Michelozzo Antonio del Pollaiuolo Jacopo della Quercia Giorgio Vasari
Poets and other literary figures	Agnolo Poliziano Niccolò Machiavelli
Humanists and philosophers	Pico della Mirandola Marsilio Ficino
Scientists	Galileo Galilei
Musicians	Emilio de' Cavalieri Jacopo Peri