“La prossima fermata; Piazza Frescobaldi”, I
always heard this announcement for the next bus stop when I travelled from the
Dutch University Institute for Art History to the Santa Maria Novella train
station in Florence, not knowing the Frescobaldi family would be the topic of
my research internship some time later. This summer, I spent three months in
the beautiful city of Florence to research the Frescobaldi family as part of
the Patrician Patronage Project. This
internship not only gave me the opportunity to gain insight into the history of
the Frescobaldi family, but it also provided me with a deeper knowledge of the
history of Florence in general, especially about the area that belonged to the
Frescobaldi for centuries, the Santo Spirito quartiere.
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| The Frescobaldi coat-of-arms |
