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The Discovery of a Well in the Tower of the Pulci in Florence

It is in fact this horse-shoe shapedbasic rules which were to ensure that
palace, whose two wings stretch fromthe newly reconstructed areas of the
Palazzo Vecchio to the Arno, thatbuilding could in some way be recognized
actually creates the square itself; thefrom the original. Therefore a
porticoes on the western side open offzig-zagging fracture line divides the
into Via Lambertesca, a narrow streetfloor of the huge Assembly Hall on the
that leads right into the heart of thefirst floor, to delimit the area that
oldest part of the city, the mediaevalfell to the ground, and another line on
area that Vasari partly demolished tothe facade, a vertical one this time,
make room for his new creation.It wasdivides the ancient decorated walls from
here that the mafia car-bomb exploded onthe new. Two large canvases by the
the night of May 27th 1993, on thepainter Bartolomeo Bimbi were
corner between Via Lambertesca and Viaunfortunately irreparably damaged and
dei Georgofili, killing five people andcould be replaced. This catastrophe,
causing damage to the artistic heritagehowever, led to some unexpected and
of Florence. The explosion seriouslyextraordinary results, like the
damaged the upper rooms of the Uffizidiscovery of seven small rooms, which
and disembowelled the ancient house andwere once part of the State Archives,
tower of the Pulci family beneath it,later walled up and forgotten and now
from 1932 the seat of the historicavailable for the use of Academy of the
Academy of the Georgofili, specializedGeorgofili once more. Above all it
in agricultural studies and therevealed the existence of a well and
conservation of the territory sincestaircase system that leads up from the
1753. The tremendous sight is still acellars to the upper floors and which
vivid memory for all the rescuers whoprobably is the last trace of the house
first arrived on the scene after thethat the Florentine land register of
explosion: this time the small palace of1427 noted as being the property of
the Georgofili, which had survived soJacopo di Francesco de' Pulci and father
many wars and floods, seemed really toof Luigi, a friend of Lorenzo Il
have suffered its death blow. One halfMagnifico and author of the poem
of its facade (200 square metres) had"Morgante". The house and tower still
been completely destroyed, shattered inbear the name of the Pulci family even
the explosion, a huge pit, about tentoday, in spite of the fact that the
metres deep, had opened up in thebuilding appears to have passed to the
interior, while the whole of the southGherardini family after 1433.The well
wall, which faced onto the Courtyard ofand the staircase that winds around it
the Caldaie, was in danger ofand reaches the top floor of the Uffizi
collapsing, because it had been shiftedGallery are now free of the walls and
10 centimetres by the impact. Theplaster that once hid them; the grey
attic-flat that had been created at thestone archivolt and steps have been
top of the tower in the early 20threstored in order to form a single and
century had crashed to the ground,harmonious unit with the various rooms
covering the bodies of the four peopleof the Academy. Apart from being an
who lived in it with rubble: theunexpected reward for all those who
caretaker of the Academy, her husbandworked on restoring the building, this
and their two little daughters, one ageddiscovery is yet another demonstration
nine and the other only two months. Theof Giorgio Vasari's skill in
fifth victim was a student who lived inconstruction, as he managed to
the house opposite, which was alsoincorporate the ancient tower of the
directly hit by the explosion.FlorencePulci family into the revolutionary
has always replied to barbaric acts sucharchitecture of the Uffizi without
as this by immediately getting on withdestroying it.
mending her wounds and rebuildingIn fact the original project included
everything that has been damaged "as itplans to expropriate and demolish at
was and where it was". Once the hugeleast 43 houses and towers in order to
patrimony of books belonging to thebuild the new palace of the "Uffici" or
Academy (50.000 volumes plus 4.000offices, but Cosimo de' Medici decided
essays from the archives of thethat this would be far too expensive in
Georgofili) had been carried away tothe long run and therefore the most of
safety and all the rubble removed, thethe buildings were spared though they
walls that were still standing werewere eventually incorporated into the
reinforced and the ones that had beennew construction. The Tower of the Pulci
destroyed were reconstructed.and the results of this extraordinary
Traditional techniques were combinedrestoration work can be visited daily
with advanced technological solutions:during the hours in which the Academy of
the roof and bent tiles were made bythe Georgofili is open to the public and
hand, the corbels and capitals carved bythat is from Mondays to Fridays, from
Florentine craftsmen but use was also3.00pm to 6.30pm.Alberto Scarsi is Chief
made of mortar injections, chains, steelEditor at : Your source for
plates and bolts. Great care was takenaccommodations in Florence, Italy.
during restoration to keep to certain



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