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Ximenian Observatory
- When to go
- Check opening hours before you go
- Official website
- Official website
Good to know
- Accessibility
- wheelchair=yesDetails may vary; check before you go.
Getting there
- Getting there
- PANZANI UNITÀ · bus 11, 14, 18, 6, C2, C4 · 430 mPUCCI DUOMO · bus 14, 18, 23, C1 · 130 mSANTA MARIA NUOVA · bus 14, 18, 23, C1 · 420 m
About
The Osservatorio Ximeniano is an independent measurement and research building specializing in meteorology and geophysics. It is based in Florence, in a part of the former Collegio degli Scolopi, with access from Piazza San Lorenzo. It is named after Leonardo Ximenes. Founded by the Jesuit from Trapani Leonardo Ximenes in 1756, it is still active today in the same premises where it was born, on the top floor of the Convent of the Scolopi Fathers known as San Giovannino in Florence. The Observatory houses a station of the National Seismic Network of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
- Built
- 1756