Poccianti's Staircase
Scala di Poccianti
Scala di Poccianti
Poccianti created his staircase, indicated in the documents as the "Nuova Scala Seconadaria", by demolishing the ancient stairs "a lumaca" that Ammannati had created in the 1560s out of stone he excavated from the Boboli hills. The project also resulted in dramatic destruction to the Mezzanini della Muletta, where Cardinal Giovan Carlo had constructed his grotto.