Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · Boston : L. C. Page · leaf 32
eight of Siena. Florence at that time extended no furtherthan the area known as Old Florence, extend-ing from the Ponte Vecchio to the Cathedral inone direction, and from the Ponte alia Carrajato the Grazie in the other. Outside the walllay a belt of fields and gardens, in which oneor two… … Origins of Florence. 7 themselves in the rising commercial city ofFlorence. Both orders had acquired sites formonastic buildings in the space outside thewalls, and soon began to erect enormouschurches. The Dominicans came first, withSanta Maria Novella, the commencement ofwhich dates from 1278; the…
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