Description
Palazzo Toscanelli is a 16th-century palace on Lungarno Mediceo, in Pisa, home since 1913 to the State Archives. It's worth a stop for its façade on the Arno and because Lord Byron lived here for a while.
The façade dates from 1576, when the Lanfranchi rebuilt their house with a new front on the river: rusticated quoins rise its full height, and different stones outline the portal, balcony and windows. Inside, the 19th-century ceilings have frescoes of Byron and Poetry, the apotheosis of Galileo and that of Michelangelo.
Lord Byron lived here between 1821 and 1822, before leaving for Genoa and then for Greece, where he died. The name, though, comes from the Toscanelli, builders who bought the palace in 1827. One tradition credits Michelangelo with the design, but no document confirms it.
The archives hold documents dating back to the 8th century.
The façade dates from 1576, when the Lanfranchi rebuilt their house with a new front on the river: rusticated quoins rise its full height, and different stones outline the portal, balcony and windows. Inside, the 19th-century ceilings have frescoes of Byron and Poetry, the apotheosis of Galileo and that of Michelangelo.
Lord Byron lived here between 1821 and 1822, before leaving for Genoa and then for Greece, where he died. The name, though, comes from the Toscanelli, builders who bought the palace in 1827. One tradition credits Michelangelo with the design, but no document confirms it.
The archives hold documents dating back to the 8th century.