The Palazzo Tantucci is a

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style (more specifically

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) urban palace localized on Via dei Montanini, on the

Piazza Salimbeni The Piazza Salimbeni is a prominent square in central Siena, Region of Tuscany, Italy. It is notable for still housing the offices of one of the first banking houses in Europe, the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. It is surrounded clockwise starti ...

, in the Terzo di Camollia, in the city of

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, region of

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, Italy. To the palace's right is the Gothic facade of the

Palazzo Salimbeni Palazzo Salimbeni is a Gothic style urban palace located on the Piazza Salimbeni, just off Via Banchi di Sopra in the Terzo di Camollia of the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The building, associated with an ancient mercantile family of S ...

, and across the Piazza with

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's statue is the Classic Renaissance facade of the

Palazzo Spannocchi The Palazzo Spannocchi is a Renaissance style urban palace located on the Piazza Salimbeni, just off Via Banchi di Sopra in the Terzo di Camollia of the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The building was associated with an ancient mercantil ...

. All three palaces are owned now by the

Monte dei Paschi di Siena Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (), known as BMPS or just MPS, is an Italian bank. Tracing its history to a mount of piety founded in 1472 () and established in its present form in 1624 (), it is the world's oldest bank, and the fifth l ...

, the oldest bank in the world, which arose in the Salimbeni palace. PalazzoTantucciSiena

History

Construction of the palace in 1548 was commissioned by Mariano Tantucci from the artist

Bartolomeo Neroni Bartolomeo Neroni, also known as Il Riccio or Riccio Sanese (c.1505–1571) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect and engineer of the Sienese School. He was born and died in Siena. Biography Neroni was influenced by Domenico Beccafumi ...

. The interiors underwent a series of reconstructions, including one by

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in the 19th century. Since 1868, it has housed offices of the

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (), known as BMPS or just MPS, is an Italian bank. Tracing its history to a mount of piety founded in 1472 () and established in its present form in 1624 (), it is the world's List of oldest banks, oldest ...

, and it was linked to the adjacent palaces in the 1970s by Pierluigi Spadolini.

Bibliography

*''Toscana. Guida d'Italia'' (Guida rossa), Touring Club Italiano, Milan 2003. Tantucci Renaissance architecture in Siena Mannerist architecture in Italy {{Italy-palace-stub