Palazzo del Consiglio dei Dodici

Il Palazzo è stato ristrutturato dall'architetto Pietro Francavilla, per uniformarlo al nuovo stile rinascimentale degli edifici circostanti in piazza dei Cavalieri a Pisa (PI), commissionato da Cosimo I de Medici nel 1558; è stato la sede dell'organo decisionale dell'Ordine dei Cavalieri, composto da 12 membri scelti.

O prédio fica localizado na Piazza dei Cavaliere, era a seu tempo utilizado para reuniões do conselho que avaliava os candidatos a novos cavaleiros da ordem. Hoje o prédio pertence a Comune, sendo utilizado para locação e realização de eventos como casamentos.

L'ho potuto vedere solo esternamente ed è interessante. Ma a vedere le foto delle altre recensioni, il meglio lo dà sicuramente all'interno. Spero un giorno, se ricapiterò a Pisa, di poterlo visitare. Intanto, 4 stelle per la sua storia.

Worth checking the inside. Great painting on the walls.

The palace changed its name over time according to the judiciary it hosted: from the Palazzo dell'Archivio and the Cancelleria in the Middle Ages to Palazzo dei Priori after the Florentine conquest (1409) to Palazzo del Consiglio dei Dodici when it passed into the hands of the Order of the knights of Santo Stefano; the Council of Knights of twelve chosen members was in fact a decision-making body of the Order.

At the end of the sixteenth century the palace was renovated by the architect Pietro Francavilla (also author as sculptor of the Statue of Cosimo I in front of the nearby Palazzo dei Cavalieri), who uniformed it to the surrounding buildings for height and style of late Renaissance style decorations. The frieze on the cornice recalls how the works were completed in 1603 under the Grand Duchy of Ferdinando I de 'Medici. The transition to the chivalric order took place only in 1691, when the priors moved to Palazzo Gambacorti: here the knights established their court, as the inscription on the main portal also reminds.

The facade is now characterized by a pink plaster on which the white marble decorations stand out: the window frames, the portal flanked by two columns, the balustrade openings on the main floor, the string course frames, the coat of arms, the corner reinforcements and the cornice .

Inside there are numerous works of art, such as the sixteenth-century bust of Ferdinando I, the fresco fragment of the Assumption of the school of Domenico Ghirlandaio (in the hall of the Coats of Arms on the first floor) and above all the Hall of the Audience, with walls completely painted by Pietro Paolo Lippi and Antonio Giusti (1681-1683) with marine themes and the remarkable carved, gilded and painted ceiling with the cardinal virtues of Ventura Salimbeni (1602); today in the center of the ceiling of the room is the Triumph of Saint Stephen by Giovanni Camillo Gabrielli (1692), which replaced Salimbeni's Triumph of Pisa after the building became the property of the Order.

Ermeticamente chiuso al pubblico... Lo spreco incredibile di un bene storico-architettonico di grande pregio

This Palace has links to the Order of the Knights of St.Stephen, it became the place where the Knights held court in 1603. The name it self does mention to the 12th Knights.

Muy lindo. Al menos por afuera. A unos pasos apenas de la torre y la catedral, llama la atención por sus colores, llamativos en relación a los de las demás construcciones de la plaza. Si bien no pudimos entrar, por q tenemos entendido q solo abre sus puertas para eventos, a la pasada en nuestro recorrido por la ciudad pudimos aprovechar verlo aunque sea, exteriormente. Si la próxima podemos conocerlo completo, quizá sume la estrella q falta.