The palace – now Davanzati Museum was built middle of XIV century for the rich and powerful merchant family of the Davizzi.
In 1578 it was bought by the Davanzati und finally, at the beginning of the XX cen. by the antiquarian Elia Volpi. He restored it and transformed it into the ancient floretine house.
The original furniture was sold during the centuries and so was replaced  in order to perfecltly reproduce the typical rich mansion of the first period of the Renaissance.
This palace is especially interesting because it allows us to understad the development of the Florence houses very well.
Palazzo Davanzati is no longer a medieval tower-house even if you can clearly distinguish some medieval aspects like the vertical developmet or the defensive holes in the main room and it is not yet a real Renaissace palace despite a system for diverting and catching rainwater, the interior well with access points at every floor, the dumb-waiter and bathrooms (with privy toilets and metal bathing tubs!!!)

This mansion has been incredibly well restored and now it is completey open to public. You need o book if you want to visit the second floor, where you can see the wedding bedroom of the Davizzi, with the frescoed stories of the Chatelaine de Vergy: a medieval tragedy, very fashionable at the time.

Do ask for assisance to Hotel Kursaal & Ausonia in Florence. We will be pleased to help you in getting to know one of the most pitoresque places of our city.