Still drawing this one…Ancora un attimo, la stiamo disegnando…Einen Moment, wir zeichnen sie noch…
Le muratine were born in the old building which already existed before 1700 in Pontassieve, when in this place the palazzo Pretorio was located and a wing of it hosted the old prison. Like the whole old town the building was heavily hit by the aerial bombings of world war II. After the war the old prison was rebuilt and enlarged according to the original type, that is with small-sized cells (3m x 3m) with views onto the courtyard, the so-called “yard time”. The prison remained open until the very early 90's, from that date the building was closed. The recent restoration operation concerned both the outer courtyard and the inner part, wich keeps the cells in their original form.
Text from FeelFlorence (en), the official tourism portal of the Comune di Firenze and the Citta Metropolitana di Firenze; shortened