Palazzo Bargellini, Renaissance palazzo in central Florence, Italy.

Palazzo Bargellini stands at Via delle Pinzochere 3, its seven-bay facade marked by arched windows framed in flat rustication, a stone bench along the street and a wide projecting cornice. A barrel-vaulted entrance hall leads to a courtyard with a loggia of finely carved column capitals; two of its original three sides were walled up over time. From here open the garden, with a small nymphaeum and greenhouse, and the stone staircase with its original pietra serena handrail.

In the early 1500s, Gherardo di Michele Da Cepparello acquired two existing houses, including one that belonged to humanist Poggio Bracciolini, to build this palazzo. The Da Verrazzano family later owned the property until ownership changed hands in 1819.

The palace's name honours Piero Bargellini, the writer and mayor of Florence during the 1966 flood, who moved in during the 1940s. His study, open by appointment as the Casa della Memoria since 2006, holds his rearranged papers. The garden opens to the public on selected occasions during the year.

Entry is by appointment at Casa Studio Bargellini on Via delle Pinzochere 3, and visitors must bring valid identification. It is best to contact ahead to arrange your visit.

The Da Verrazzano star in the courtyard coat of arms dates from 1662, when Isabella Gerini, wife of senator Andrea Da Verrazzano, bought the palace. The family kept it until their line died out in 1819. A "P" on the courtyard gate recalls the later Parenti owners.