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Palazzo Capponi-Covoni

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In 1788, the Marquis Roberto di Gino, who had inherited the palace, sold the palace to the brothers Zanobi and Marco Covoni Girolami. The palace was sold again in 1896 to a Piedmontese family. The palace was for some time owned by a company after the First World War, then occupied by the German army
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A large home at the site was documented since 1427. In 1458 two of those houses in Via Larga, today's Via Cavour, were purchased by Agnolo Tani, the director of the branch of the Medici Bank in Bruges. The properties were inherited by the family of Carnesecchi, which for a long period rented the
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during the Second World War. It was home to a masonic club during the 1950s and 1960s. Since 1974, restoration of the interiors has been sponsored by the Regional Council of Tuscany. The adjacent building has housed the Tuscan Assembly since 1973.
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Palazzo Capponi-Covoni, Florence
Baroque architecture
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Palazzo Capponi
Palazzo Capponi-Vettori
Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinate


Girolamo Piero Capponi
Gherardo Silvani
Luigi Orlandi
Vincenzo Meucci
Anton Domenico Giarré
Palazzo Panciatichi, Florence
Council of the Tuscan Region
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