
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.