The Church of San Gaetano in Florence: Archaeology of an Early 17th Century Building Yard

The archaeological research focused on the vault of the nave which was restored by the Soprintendenza ai Beni Architettonici di Firenze in 1996.

Most of the archaeological data are related to the 17th century building yard for the construction of the new church and allow a very detailed reconstruction of the building yard itself. Due to favourable environmental conditions normally rarely preserved materials, such as wood, textiles and leather, were also conserved. Another remarkable aspect of the baroque building yard is the extensive reuse of materials coming from the structures of the medieval church, from which stones, wood and even metal were carefully collected to be reused in the new one.