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FORTEZZA DA BASSO

The Fortezza da Basso, was constructed between 1534 and 1537 on impulse of Alexander de' Doctors, place to the government of Florence from the uncle Pope Clemente WAYS, that it exercised the true one to be able.

The gigantic fortress, whose stellar shape constituted an example to imitate for beyond a century, had to supply a sure shelter to the governors in revolt case, but above all it had to impress and to make the fiorentini afraid with its big structure.

In order to emphasize this impression the side turned towards the city was equipped, for hand from Antonio from Sangallo, with finishes of exceptional luxury. After years of I make unusable was characterized like the center of Polo Fieristico Fiorentino: consequently it was undertaken a long restoration work and adaptation (not still concluded) that it carried to the demolition of structures of service constructed during the use of the fortress like barracks.


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