Palazzo Ganucci Cancellieri

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The Palazzo Ganucci Cancellieri is a late-Mannerist-style palace located at Via Curtatone e Montanara #51 in central Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy.

Description

In 1609, the place at the site came into the possession of the prominent Cancellieri family; they refurbished it under the designs (circa 1615) of Jacopo Lafri. [1] In 1795, the palace was inherited by Giacinto Ganucci. A the coat of arms of the Cancellieri family (1598) sits awkwardly atop the doorway into the small balcony, the top entrance portal in the center of the facade; it was moved here from the family's former home (Palazzo delle Cancellieri Bianchi) on the west flank of Piazza Bartolomeo. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Le dimore di Pistoia e della Valdinievole, edited by Emilia Daniele, Associazione dimore storiche italiane. Sezione Toscana, Editrice Alinea, Florence (2004): page 31.
  2. Tour entries for Pistoia.
  3. Pistoia e il suo territorio: Pescia e i suoi dintorni: guida del forestiero, by Giuseppe Tigri, Tipografia Cino, Pistoia (1853): page 211.