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Photo: Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
At a glance
- Type
- Museum
- Period
- Modern era, 1995
- Area
- 150 m²
- Protection
- Italian national heritage
- Coordinates
- 43°45′55″ N, 11°14′53″ E
- Address
- San Felice, 8 - Firenze
About
Casa Guidi is a writer's house museum in the 15th-century patrician house in Piazza San Felice, 8, near the south end of the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy. The piano nobile apartment was inhabited by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning between 1847 and Mrs Browning's death in 1861. Their only child, Robert Barrett Browning (known as Pen), was born there in 1849.
Casa Guidi was the subject of her 1851 poem "Casa Guidi Windows".
The Browning household was a centre of British society in Florence although it was said that Theodosia Trollope's house was more care free. There was no animosity, however, and the Trollope's daughter played with the Browning's son Robert, known as Pen. After Pen's death in 1912 the apartment was bought by several Browning enthusiasts. By that time, Casa Guidi was in poor shape, and the apartment retained hardly any furniture or paintings. The Browning Society in New York restored it, before giving it to Eton College which undertook further work so that the building could be used as a study centre.
Text from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Full article: «Casa Guidi».
Timeline
- 1995Founded
Events and people from Wikidata (CC0).
Photos
Getting there
Firenze Santa Maria NovellaTrain, nearest
1.4 km as the crow flies
Casa GuidiSan Felice, 8 - Firenze
Aeroporto Firenze Amerigo Vespucci6.1 km
Distances are as the crow flies, not walking or driving.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Casa Guidi?
Casa Guidi is in Florence, in the province of Firenze (Tuscany), Italy. Address: San Felice, 8 - Firenze. GPS coordinates: 43.76531, 11.24798.
How old is Casa Guidi?
Wikidata dates it to 1995.
What else is there to see near Casa Guidi?
Nearby you’ll find: Palazzo Corsini-Rosselli del Turco (0 m away), Casa Ridolfi di Graziano (0 m away), Casa Ridolfi (0 m away).
Sources and licences
Text. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Data. Wikidata (CC0); opening hours and contacts OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Photos. Wikimedia Commons, author and licence on every image.
Credits for the 9 photos
- Piazza San Felice 8 angolo via Mazzetta e via Maggio, palazzo guidi, doppio corpo 01 — Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Casa guidi, angolo — sailko, CC BY 2.5
- Casa Guidi, esterno — Sailko, CC BY 2.5
- Casa guidi, spigolo 01 — sailko, CC BY 2.5
- Piazza San Felice 10r-11r angolo via mazzetta, casa guidi 01,2 — Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Piazza San Felice 10r-11r angolo via mazzetta, casa guidi 01,3 sprone — Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Piazza San Felice 10r-11r angolo via mazzetta, casa guidi 01 — Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Piazza San Felice 8 angolo via Mazzetta e via Maggio, palazzo guidi, 00 — Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Piazza San Felice 8 angolo via Mazzetta e via Maggio, palazzo guidi, androne, busto 02 — Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0
Updated 28 October 2026. All sources and licences