Prefettura di Pisa
The Prefettura di Pisa stands on the city’s stage of power, a Gothic revival palace that today houses Italy’s prefectural offices. Known locally as Palazzo Medici, its name reflects the long Medici association that threads through Pisa’s architectural history. The building marks a site with deeper roots: it rose on the site of an 11th‑century house with a tower belonging to the Albizone (or Albitone) family, tying medieval aristocracy to the city’s later administrative life. In 1539, Cosimo I de’ Medici is recorded as having used the palace as his residence, with Eleonora of Toledo later contributing to its refurbishment. By 1784, ownership had passed to Jacopo Finocchietti after a sequence of shifts in noble hands and property. …
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