Palazzo blu pisa modigliani biography death

In they decided to join these to another of their residences by building a bridge over an already existing street. This second building is on the eastern side of the palazzo, set further back towards the south. In the s, the palazzo passed to the Sancasciani and then the Del Testa families. At Some time between and the sale in to the Bracci Cambinis, the facade was redesigned with rectangular windows framed in sandstone and a central door surmounted by a kneeling window with a balcony.

His youth was plagued by illness, including the onset, at age 16, of the tuberculosis that eventually killed him.

In the building was owned by the Count Archinto family, who also bought part of the public concourse to enlarge the facade towards the west. They covered the ancient bridge and narrowed the street beside the church of S. Petersburg who lived there. In it was bought by the Pisan nobleman Domenico Giuli, who built a new wing, to make the facade symmetrical, and connected it to palazzo Casarosa, his property.

In later years the palazzo became as it is today. The Fondazione Pisa bought the palazzo in the early 21st century, where it has transferred its Headquarters and created a centre for culturali activities and exhibitions. Opening hours. Info: www. Lungarno Gambacorti, 9, , Pisa. Lungarno Gambacorti, 26 p. Corso Italia, 26 p.