The official tourism website of the Municipality and Metropolitan City of Florence
The official tourism website of the Municipality and Metropolitan City of Florence
David Fortini and Bartolomeo Ammannati directed the construction of the Palazzo di Seravezza, commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici to oversee the nearby excavation of white marble and metals. in the following years the Palace began to host famous Princes including Ferdinando I and his wife Cristina di Lorena, to whom the commission of some works is attributable such as the external chapel designed by Buontalenti.