# Florentine palaces & their stories

Author: Ross, Janet, 1842-1927; Marchi, Adelaide [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: History - European

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71464

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Florentine+palaces+%26+their+stories+Ross&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In 1109 Guigliarello Acciaiuoli came from Brescia, where his family had made a fortune by working in steel (acciaio)--hence their name. He bought many houses in Borgo S.S. Apostoli and a domain in the Val di Pesa, where he built a tower which was still standing in 1588 when Giovambattista Ubaldini wrote the _Origine della Famiglia Acciaiuoli_. True to the Guelph traditions the family brought with them from Brescia, Leone Acciaiuoli was forced to fly from Florence after the Ghibelline victory at Montaperti in 1260 and his palace was destroyed. On the return to power of the White, or Guelph, party, Dardano Acciaiuoli became Gonfalonier of Justice, and was afterwards sent with full powers fr...

## Chapters

- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Part 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/28/index.md)
- [Part 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Part 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/27/index.md)
- [Part 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/29/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/30/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/florentine-palaces-and-their-stories-71464/chapters/31/index.md)