Stock Exchange Building of the Chamber of Commerce

Stock Exchange Building of the Chamber of Commerce of Florence, is a large building that stands on an area occupied until the mid-nineteenth century by the pulling tower of Piazza d'Arno, also called "delle Travi" or "de 'Castellani'" attributed by some scholars to Arnolfo di Cambio. When the ancient guilds were dissolved by Pietro Leopoldo, much of the heritage of the Arte della Lana passed to the newly formed Chamber of Commerce, and this area was identified for a large building suitable for housing the Chamber, the Stock Exchange and the National Bank of Tuscany. (today it houses the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture of Florence).

The palace, after the demolition of the pulling frame and a complex building and road reorganization all around the area (carried out on a project by the engineer Felice Francolini), was built between 1858 and 1860 on the basis of a project by the young architect Michelangelo Maiorfi, reworked with significant changes by the academic Emilio De Fabris. In the period of Firenze Capitale (1865-1871) the function of the Chamber of Commerce was maintained in the complex, albeit with the increased administrative representation burdens of the government.

In 1914-1915 the entrance to the Piazza dei Giudici was opened and some internal works were carried out based on a project by the architect Ugo Giusti. An intervention by the architect Ezio Cerpi, which led to the raising of the entire attic, obtaining the second floor and bringing the building to its current volume, is to be dated to 1931-1933. The choice of smooth plaster on the fronts and the creation of a large hall on the side of Piazza Mentana, intended for the Stock Exchange, dates back to these same years.

The latest changes of some importance always concerned the interiors, in particular the new entrance vestibule on the Piazza dei Giudici, edited by Italo Gamberini in the early fifties, and the new layout of the hall of the Registry, implemented at the beginning of the seventies. (1971) designed by the architect Pierluigi Spadolini, who also oversaw the construction of a large auditorium and compensated the factory for the numerous damage caused by the flood of November 4, 1966.

Between March 2003 and February 2005 the building was affected by the reconstruction of the external plaster and by a restoration intervention on all the stone elements of the facade and the roofs. Between 2012 and 2013, due to the care of the Superintendency for Public Works and the direction of the works by the engineer Bruno Giannone, the complex was affected by further renovations.

Map: Stock Exchange Building of the Chamber of Commerce

vCard Info:

Address: Piazza dei Giudici, 3, 50122
Firenze (FI) Toscana
Latitude: 43.767363331884624
Longitude: 11.257386803627014
Site: http://www.fi.camcom.gov.it/...

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Type: Palace
Function: Cultural Center
Creation date: 25-04-2022 04:05
Last update: 02/05/2022