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History of Florentine Architecture in the 17th Century - Giulio Parigi's Work

Starting from the beginning of the seventeenth century the Pitti Palace became the object of continuous work that would extend into the nineteenth century, so that the building became both a monument to and seat of the grand duke's power. In 1616, Cosimo II launched a competition to enlarge the palace and design the piazza in front of it. It was won by Giulio Parigi, whose plans called for extending the façade by three windows on either side; he accepted the logic of the growth of the city and the Brunelleschian works suggested by Sangallo who doubled the loggia of the Ospedale degli Innocenti, and which wasalso interpreted by Caccini with the construction of the loggia in front of the church of Santissima Annunziata. The work on the north side of the Pitti Palace began in 1618, and on the south side in 1631.
The palace was further enlarged between 1640 and 1650 to designs by Alfonso Parigi the Younger, Giulio's son, who adopted the same face of the fifteenth century building and per ... Read More...