Palazzo Strozzi in Florence was begun in 1489 for Filippo Strozzi the Elder and completed in 1538. Benedetto da Maiano began construction, Giuliano da Sangallo provided a wood model, and Simone del Pollaiolo, called Il Cronaca, led work until 1504 and designed the courtyard.
The article describes Renaissance civil architecture inspired by Palazzo Medici. It is rusticated stone with wrought iron by Niccolò Grosso, called Il Caparra. It gives no dimensions.
Cosimo I de' Medici confiscated it in 1491 and returned it about thirty years later. The Strozzi family held it until 1937. The Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni later occupied it, and the Italian State received it in 1999. It now hosts exhibitions, fashion shows and cultural events, run by the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, with the Istituto Nazionale del Rinascimento and the Gabinetto Vieusseux library. The article gives no hours or ticket details.
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