Palazzo Spini Feroni in Florence was commissioned in 1289 by the cloth merchant and banker Geri Spini, on plots bought after the 1288 Arno flood. The text attributes it to Arnolfo di Cambio or his father Lapo Tedesco but is uncertain. It gives no completion date. The style is Gothic.
The palazzo is a fortress-like stone block, the largest privately owned palazzo in Florence in its time, rivaling the Palazzo Vecchio in size. It has a tall first story with street-level arches and a protruding cornice topped with merlons.
The city of Florence bought it in 1846, and it housed state offices when Florence was capital of Italy. A neo-medieval renovation in 1874 added shop-fronts and demolished a tower and an arch facing the Arno. Salvatore Ferragamo bought it in the 1930s, and a Ferragamo museum has been here since 1995. The article gives no hours.
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