Filippo Mazzei's home and memorial tablet

This is the house where Filippo Mazzei lived his last years; it is located in Pisa (via Giordano Bruno, 39).

He was a politician and a diplomat, he settled in Pisa in 1792 and he followed closely the Tuscan political events through a cordial exchange of letters with a group of young liberals protagonists of the Pisan municipality.

The municipality of Pisa decided to affix a tablet in his honor. Now it is a private house.

He also was a habitual customer of the Pisan coffee house, Caffè dell'Ussero.

VIEWS OF THE HOUSE FROM THE STREET

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MEMORIAL TABLET

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INSCRIPTION

On the tablet we can read the Italian inscription: "IN QUESTA CASA / SI SPENSE IL 19 MARZO 1816 / FILIPPO MAZZEI / AVVEDUTO UOMO POLITICO TOSCANO / CHE MOLTO OPERO' INSIEME A JEFFERSON / PER L'INDIPENDENZA DEGLI STATI UNITI D'AMERICA" ("In this house / died the 19th of March 1816 / Filippo Mazzei / prudent Tuscan political man / who worked with Jefferson / for USA's independence")


  • Photos and main text by Carlotta Foti ti.liamtoh|itof.attolrac#| and Giada Antonelli ti.oohay|illenotnadaig#| (December 2017)

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