Some sharp real estate agent back in 1549 rubbed his hands with glee as he pocketed his fee from the sale of the Pitti Palace to the wife of Duke Cosimo 1.
The Pitti family took what was left after the agent’s cut, conveyance costs, etc., and sloped off into the gloom of history.
Now, the observant can see the one and only remaining example of the Pitti family crest, overlooking their former modest bungalow. I shan’t tell you where it is, just keep your eyes peeled as you walk from Tourist Central towards the Palace. Yes, you do have to look up, inconvenient as that may be.
Look for this building, light, and traffic sign.
It’s quite an attractive crest, I think.
It’s about time for another wine window, heaven knows I have enough of them.
Hello World 
At least their name lives on in grand style.
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It certainly does!
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When are you coming to the north of Italy? I have a couple of nice bottles of wine 😉
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Ma dai! Now you’ve got my total attention. I’ve used your secret contact form to send a message, PN.
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We are in the process of decrypting the secret message and will reply ASP (at some point)
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So interesting!
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I must read up on this! Thanks for such beautiful photos and for sharing your trip with us.☕️
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It gets frustrating. You see something and think “Hey, there’s a little story there.” Life pre-blog was different!
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Mind you don’t crick your neck Yvonne ! 😉 ❤
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Now you tell me, Ralph. 🙂 ❤
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Have I got to tell you everything Yvonne ? Don’t forget to wear clean undies in Venice as you may get run over by a water bus ! 😉 lol
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Oh, I fail every test Ralph! On land and canal. I have a clean Kleenex tissue. Does that count? 🙂 ❤
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Yep ! 😀 ❤
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I remember the Pitti Palace but I don’t recall a “For Sale” sign. A imposing building that tended to overdose on religious and family paintings if I recall correctly. The gardens were rather good too. I wander around Winchester looking up. Full of discoveries, the upper decks.
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It’s such a sprawling and heavy heap, isn’t it?
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Oh you found it! I have seen this on line but never on the building it self. It is one of my favorites too! Thanks…..
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It’s a beauty, Jane. You realise you’ve made my life a misery, I keep seeing more and more stemme!!!
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Oh you are hooked….they are going to be fun…..you really don’t see them until you do and then they are every where! That was how it started for me!
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A lovely crest….sad, after all that work to outdo the Medici family….an ironic denouement…pity.
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Life’s like that, eh?
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PS Cynthia. I thought after that it’s also an irony that the palazzo still bears the Pitti name.
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I can’t believe I actually remember that corner from my visit there ….in 2004!
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I have been there and it was a nice experience.
Io ci sono stata ed è stata una bella esperienza.
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Ciao! Hai vista questa stemma?
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Si, è lo stemma della Famiglia Pitti posizionato su un palazzo frontalmente a Piazza Pitti in angolo con lo Sdrucciolo de’ Pitti.
Lo stemma è composto di fasce ondate di argento in campo nero e la piccola croce rossa (insegna del popolo fiorentino) sotto il rastrello rosso scempio a tre pendenti.
Ciao 🙂
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Grazie per la spiegazione.
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Prego 🙂
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It is so important to look up when visiting! That is where the interesting things are!
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You sure show a lot of good stuff, both up and down, Andrew.
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It’s a lovely crest. I must say you find the most amazing things “looking up.”
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