Palazzo Pazzi

The architect of the palace was Giuliano da Maiano, though it has in the past been attributed to Michelozzo di Bartolomeo or Filippo Brunelleschi.

When Florence was briefly capital of Italy during 1865–1871, the palace housed the Prussian ambassador Karl George Ludwig von Usedow and his legation.

In 1913 the palace was acquired and refurbished by the Banca di Firenze, who commissioned the architects Ezio Cerpi and Adolfo Coppedè (1913–1915).

At the south corner of Via Proconsolo is a copy of the coat of arms of the Pazzi family, the original sculpted by Donatello, which at one time had been hidden.

The items are now stored in Santi Apostoli and linked to the elaborate ceremony of the Lo Scoppio del Carro and the lighting of fireworks from the Portafuoco.