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Palazzo Corsini

Florence's Baroque extravaganza

Hall of the Nymph

The city’s most flamboyant piece of Roman Baroque extravagance, Palazzo Corsini was begun in 1650 and crowned with a bevy of statues.

The Corsini, the most prominent family in 17th- and 18th-century Florence, were reputedly so wealthy that they could ride from Florence to Rome entirely on their own property. Their reputation soared in 1730 with election of Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini as Pope Clement XII.

Like all great patrician families they loved art; the Galleria Corsini has works by Giovanni Bellini, Filippino Lippi Jacopo Pontormo, Luca Signorelli, and Muses from the Ducal Palace of Urbino, painted by Raphael’s first master, Timoteo Viti.

Today the palace is used for private events, but tours are offered on most weekdays if you book.

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Lungarno Corsini 8

Hours open for tours Mon—Fri; book in advance at visite@palazzocorsini.it

palazzocorsini.it

+39 055 212880

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Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Image by Palazzo Corsini