Ex Leopoldine

Getting there

PIAZZA TASSO · bus 13, 131, 131R, 36, 365 A, 368 A, 37, 370 A, 371 A, 372 A, 373, 39, 50G, C4 · 130 mSANT'ONOFRIO · bus 13, 36, 37, 39, 6, C4 · 440 mPRATOLINI · bus 12, 36, 37, 39 · 120 m

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It is a public space for events created in the premises of a former convent first of the Camaldolese order, then of the Knights Hierosolimitan nuns of San Giovanni in Fieri. The vicissitudes of the complex were varied and manifold, used as a hospital, military depot, until in 1786-1787 Pietro Leopoldo of Habsburg-Lorraine chose it to house the “Royal Free Normal Schools for the poor spinsters of the Santo Spirito district”. These were the Scuole Leopoldine, established for the education of “maidens of low condition”, a destination preserved until 1890.

Text from FeelFlorence (en), the official tourism portal of the Comune di Firenze and the Citta Metropolitana di Firenze; shortened

• San Salvatore a Camaldoli1 min walk
• Biblioteca Pietro Thouar1 min walk
• Area Giochi Ivo Poli1 min walk
• Giardino di piazza Torquato Tasso2 min walk