San Giovanni in Firenze in Cittΰ Metropolitana di Firenze, Tuscany, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)
Torre della Castagna
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Chestnut Tower
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 26, 2025
1. Torre della Castagna / Chestnut Tower Marker
Questa torre detta della castagna unica resta delle sedi onde i priori delle arti ressero firenze prima che la forza e la gloria del fiorente comune facessero sorgere il Palazzo della Signoria
[English translation of the Italian text:]
This tower, called the Chestnut Tower, is the last remaining of the headquarters where the priors of the guilds governed Florence before the strength and glory of the flourishing commune gave rise to the Palazzo della Signoria.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Forts and Castles.
Location. 43° 46.252′ N, 11° 15.416′ E. Marker is in Firenze, Toscana (Tuscany), in Cittΰ Metropolitana di Firenze. It is in San Giovanni. It is on Via Dante Alighieri near Via dei Magazzini. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Via Dante Alighieri 2, Firenze, Toscana 50122, Italy. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, the Schengen Area, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire, and specifically the Holy Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dante's Birthplace (here, next to this marker); Oratorio dei Buonomini di San Martino / Order of the Good Men of Saint Martin (a few steps from this marker); Vasco Pratolini (within shouting distance of this marker); Chiesa di Santa Margherita dei Cerchi / Church of Saint Margaret of the Cerchi
this page online
Also see . . . Tuscan Traveler: Towers of Florence, part 3.
Excerpt: "Sometime around 1038, the Torre Baccadiferro was given by the Holy Roman Emperor Corrado II to the Benedictine monks of the adjacent Badia Fiorentina in order to help with the monasterys defenses. In 1282 the tower became the meeting place of the Priori delle Arti of Florence. The Priori delle Arti was the governing body of the Florentine Republic. Its members came from all of the major guilds (Le Arti), such as those of the woolmakers and merchants, the bankers, the magistrates and notaries, and the silk weavers."(Submitted on August 22, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, circa 2021
2. Torre della Castagna
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 26, 2025
3. Torre della Castagna
The Oratorio dei Buonomini building is visible in the background on the right.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 81 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 22, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
