Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori
Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori is a Renaissance-style palace in Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, Italy. It presently houses offices of a regional council of Florence.
History
It is situated opposite to the church of Santa Croce, in the place where the city's 12th century walls passed. Facing the church, on the right side of the piazza is the frescoed facade of the Palazzo dell'Antella.
The Cocchi-Serristori palace is a reconstruction of a pre-existing medieval edifice (owned by the Peruzzi), attributed to Giuliano da Sangallo, Baccio d'Agnolo or Simone del Pollaiolo. It has a cubic shape, built with polished stone, with three arcades in the façade enclosed in the original 14th century piers. At the two upper floors are pilasters with finely sculpted capitals.
In the interior are a frescoed private chapel and, in the staircase, 18th-century frescoes attributed to Atanasio Bimbacci, Dionisio Predellini, and Giuseppe Collignon.
Sources
- Vannucci, Marcello (1995). Splendidi palazzi di Firenze. Florence: Le Lettere.
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Coordinates: 43°46′9.38″N 11°15′38.37″E / 43.7692722°N 11.2606583°E