Palazzo degli Alessandri, Florence, Historic palace in Borgo degli Albizi, Florence, Italy

Palazzo degli Alessandri is a Renaissance palace on Borgo degli Albizi, one of Florence's oldest streets, featuring finely worked stone blocks and symmetrically arranged windows across multiple stories. The structure displays the refined proportions and careful masonry typical of residences built for the city's merchant families.

Built by the brothers Alessandro and Bartolomeo degli Albizi on lots bought between 1368 and 1372 and probably finished around 1376, the palace was sacked and burned during the Ciompi revolt of 1378, when the right side of the facade partly collapsed, leaving a mark still visible. Giuseppe Poggi directed 19th-century interior changes, including the large open courtyard reaching via de' Pandolfini; the stone facing of the facade was restored in 1909.

The family changed its surname from Albizi to Alessandri in 1372. The central shield on the facade shows the Arte della Lana emblem, marking Alessandro and Bartolomeo's enrolment in the wool guild. Inside, the Camera dei Palii is named for the lengths of cloth won in the palio races and hung there.

The building sits on Borgo degli Albizi, an easily walkable street in central Florence that connects to many other sights and public transport lines. The surrounding area is flat and straightforward to navigate while exploring the historic center.

The ground-floor rustication, with irregular blocks and two pointed-arch portals, is one of the oldest examples of this stonework on a private Florentine house without ground-floor arcades. The right side of the facade still shows the partial collapse caused by the Ciompi riot of 1378, when the palace was sacked and burned.