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Palazzo Datini

FieldValue
namePalazzo Datini
imagePalazzo datini, ext. 01.JPG
captionFacade of the Palace
locationPrato
addressvia Ser Lapo Mazzei, 43
coordinates
start_date12th century
completion_date14th century
website[Official Website](http://www.museocasadatini.it/)
styleMedieval architecture

thumb|250px|External frescoes. Palazzo Datini is a late 14th-century palace in Prato, Tuscany, central Italy. In 2015, the palace housed the offices of the Fondazione Casa Pia dei Ceppi, a charitable organization and a museum and archive.

History

Begun in 1383 as the residence of merchant Francesco Datini, it was subsequently decorated by artists such as Agnolo Gaddi and Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, both internally and externally, although the latter paintings are rather damaged. It once included, in front of the current façade, a botanical garden which was among the first ones in Italy. In 1409 the palazzo was visited by Pope Alexander V and Louis II of Anjou, King of Naples.

After Datini's death, all the papers from his archive were shut in a wall of the buildings; they were discovered, nearly intact, in the 19th century and are now housed, for a total of some 150,000 documents, in the building.

Filippo Lippi's Madonna del Ceppo was once located in the palace's garden.

References

References

  1. [http://www.museocasadatini.it/home.htm Museo Casa Francesco Datini], Prato.
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