“Piazza Cavour” was built in the first half of the 18th Century just where there was the southern entrance to the walled Buontalenti's Pentagon: the “Porta del Casone” (Big House Gate).Part of the square is still on a bridge over the“Fosso Reale”, the rest is one of the first developments of the the “Città Leopolda”, just outside the old city walls.
The bridge and the square seen from east. A detailed view of the building on the other side is shown in the post One Hundred Years.
The same bridge seen from the west, this branch of the canal runs toward the “Porto Mediceo” and the sea. The main part of the square, with the statue of Cavour, is on the right.
I only have a rainy recent version on file, but we'll see better this part of the square in another post.See also: One Hundred Years - Cavour - Night
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