The
museum, located since 1956
in the former convent of
the Oblate Sisters, exhibits
plans, paintings, etchings
or prints that document
the history and the appearance
of Florence from its origins
down to the period in which
the town became capital
of Italy. One of the most
important and extraordinary
documents is the so-called "della
catena" plan, a perfect
l9th reproduction of the
late 15th century original
preserved in the Friedrich
Museum of Berlin. The other
sections exhibit oil and
tempera paintings representing
historical events and typical
scenes of the eighteenth
and ninetecnth centuries.
It is worth stopping to take a close look at the large lunettes by Giusto Utens (1599), dedicated to the main Medici villas, and at the very famous collection of etchings by Giuseppe Zocchi (1744), dedicated to Florentine churches, palaces and villas. Also worth a visit are the etchings by Telemaco Signorini (1835-1901).
A
section of the museum is
reserved to the works of
Giuseppe Poggi (1811-1901),
the Florentine architect
and town planner, and to
his drawings and projects
for the enlargement and transformation
of the town after 1865.
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