Another reminder of the Pazzi family that we can still see today is the Palazzo Pazzi Quaratesi, or the Pazzi Quarter (neighborhood). Today, when we walk north up Via del Proconsolo and turn left at Borgo degli Albizi to go to the Duomo, we look up and see "Canto die Pazzi," which means the Pazzi corner. There we find the main Palazzo Pazzi, which was rebuilt 1462-72 for Jacapo de' Pazzi. When the Pazzi were executed or exhaled, this property was seized by Lorenzo. We next hear of it when it becomes a wedding present . . .
Also in the neighborhood is the three-story Palazzo Pazzi-Ammannati, which today houses Florence's small museum of natural history and is also the site of temporary exhibitions.
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