Palazzo Grifoni (San Miniato)

Piazza Grifoni lies along the same road that becomes Via Giosue Carducci to the south west and Via IV Novembre, after the intersection of Via Borgonuovo.

The building was designed by Giuliano di Baccio d'Agnolo in strict Florentine forms and realised by the mid-16th century.

[1] It dominates the small square from an elevated position, like Palazzo Pitti, and has a plastered façade, with ashlars in relief along the sides that give the whole the appearance of a fortress.

The family coat of arms in stone hangs above the portal (gold, to the griffin in black accompanied in head (heraldry) by three ball (heraldry) ordered between the four pendants of a red lambello, the central ball in azure, loaded with three gold lilies, and the two lateral ones in red).

The top floor is occupied by a continuous loggia, now closed by stained glass, with elegant Doric columns.