Convent of Scolopi, Educational palazzo near San Lorenzo Church in Florence, Italy.
The Collegio degli Scolopi extends between Via dei Martelli and Borgo San Lorenzo, featuring a late seventeenth-century door with the trigram of Christ.
Bartolomeo Ammannati designed this palazzo in 1557 when Cosimo I de Medici granted the area to the Jesuits for establishing an educational institution.
The building contains a plaque marking Leonardo da Vinci's residence in 1508 and houses numerous inscriptions documenting the Piarist order's local history.
The palazzo currently functions as the Galileo state classical high school and includes the Ximenian observatory with its scientific instrument collection.
The structure displays an almond-shaped shield containing multiple coats of arms, including those of the Martelli family, Municipality, and Piarist order.
Location: Florence
Architects: Bartolomeo Ammannati
GPS coordinates: 43.77453,11.25564
Latest update: March 6, 2025 02:09
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