PALAZZO PAZZI. It is now called the Barbadori Palace; the masterpiece of Brunelleschi's domestic architecture. CONVENT OF SANTA MARIA MADDELENA DEI PAZZI. Frescoes by Perugino. This convent was built for a daughter of the Pazzi; she was a religious here, and was later beatified. Her prayer: "I say, my Jesus, Thou art mad with love! I say so, and shall always say so" is the theme for a poem by Reverend Edmund Hill, C. P., entitled, ST. MARY MAGDALEN OF PAZZI TO THE SACRED HEART. "Heart of hearts, a love is Thine Madly tender, blindly true! Love in vastness so divine, In excess so human too! Seems Thou dost not, canst not live, Save to sue us for Thy rest: While the all that we can give Is as nothing at the best. Drench'd with anguish-steep'd in woe- Prison'd to Thy creature's will: Some poor sinner to caress. Forth, then, from the fragrant hush, Bid a benediction gush O'er me, thro' me, thrilling sweet! Heart of Jesus, full of me, Fill mine-till it break with Thee!" CASA BUONARROTI. 64 Via Ghibellina. Michael Angelo's house, now a museum of his work. BADIA. Has the finest wooden roof in Italy. Filippino Lippi's frescoes; sculpture by Mina da Fiesole; in the court, ancient tombs and tall towers. BARGELLO. It is now the National Museum, having been made so in 1865, on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of Dante's birth. Beautiful courtyard-the best of the Mediaeval palaces of Florence; the stairway is picturesque, the walls being decorated with shields of the different Podestae. Within, statue of Architecture by Giambologna (John of Bologna); the Dying Adonis, by Michael Angelo; also unfinished works by the same artist, the bust of Brutus and the Victory; the Mask of a Faun was done in his 15th year, while a pupil of Leonardo's school of art. Bandinelli's bust of Cosimo I, the Grand Duke. SALA DI DONATELLO. The Marzocco, or lion of Florence (the derivation of the word is not fully understood.) David; St. George, his masterpiece; cast of the equestrian statue of Gattamelata at Padua. ROOM OF THE ROBBIAS-LUCA, ANDREA AND The bust of the Boy Christ, by Luca is especially beautiful; the David, by Verrochio; also a Madonna by Verrocchio. The reliefs in bronze of the models for the Sacrifice of Isaac, presented by Ghiberti and Brunelleschi, rivals for the order of the doors. of the Baptistery, are in the Bargello. The Chapel of the Bargello contains the frescoes of Giotto, brought to light in 1840, from under their coating of whitewash-the most famous being the portrait of Dante. CHURCH OF SS. ANNUNCIATION. Servite Church, with frescoes illustrating the life of the saint of the Order, Philip Benizzi; mosaic by Ghirlandajo over chief door; tomb of Benvenuto Cellini; celebrated series of frescoes by Andrea del Sarto, particularly the Madonna del Saco; his Head of Christ over the altar; in the corridor is a bust of the artist, and his home, marked with a tablet, is not far away. Assumption of the Virgin, by Perugino. The Chapel near the entrance contains a picture of the Madonna, said to be miraculous, for the Blessed Lady herself finished the work to alleviate the distress of the artist who felt that the task was beyond his ability. The picture is exposed to the public only on the titular Feast day of the church-March 25. The Chapel itself is the work of Michelozzo, done in 1448. In another chapel is the tomb of Bandinelli, over which is a Pieta which he himself wrought. A chapel contains the monument of John of Bologna; also a crucifix wrought by him, and reliefs showing scenes from the Passion of Our Lord. Near the church, in the Piazza del Annunziata, is the statue of Ferdinand dei Medici, Grand Duke, by John of Bologna. It is the statue of which Robert Browning wrote in "The Statue and the Bust." SPEDALE DEGLI INNOCENTI-THE FOUNDLINGS' INSTITUTE. Built by Brunelleschi in 1420. Frieze of Luca della Robbia's "bambini" in terra-cotta glazed ware decorates the arcade; over doorway of the chapel, an Annunciation by Luca. In the chapel, an altar piece by Ghirlandajo made in 1488. SAN MARCO CHURCH. An aisleless church with a flat roof, founded in 1290. Crucifix by Giotto; Madonna by Fra Bartolommeo; tomb of St. Antoninus, a monk of San Marco, who was also archbishop of Flor ence. SAN MARCO MONASTERY. Now a Museum. It was built by Michelzzo. Frescoes by Angelico; his Madonna of the Star has been stolen from here. Frescoes and portrait of Savonarola by Fra Bartolommeo. Cell of St. Antoninus, in which the Pater Patriae held discourse with him, and in which Pope Eugenius stayed at the time of the consecration of San Marco Monastery. Cell of Savonarola; his rosary, manuscripts and other memorials. Fresco of the Last Judgment, by Ghirlandajo. |