Brown, J. Wood (James Wood) · New York, E.P. Dutton and company · leaf 369
laterdefence did more than strengthen a bond already ancient. Settimowas the birthplace of Florence in a political sense, the cradle wherethe forces that formed the Republic gave their first signs ofarticulate life on that memorable Wednesday of Lent in 1068.The triumphant issue of Pietro… … ^he&otfdlo. . CHAPTER IITHE BARGELLO AND THE PRIMO POPOLO THE building known as the Palazzo del Podesta, or theBargello, was originally erected to serve as the seat ofthe popular party in the State, and occupies groundwhich, from a very early period, had been devoted toecclesiastical use. The…
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