each of four parts into which Florence was divided; city leaders twice divided the city into quarters, first from 1078 to 1172, after which it was divided into sixths (sestieri) and again into quarters in 1343
Citizens of Florence could claim membership in a gonfalone other than where they lived for purposes of taxation and political sortition, usually that of their father or other ancestor and related to where the family traditionally held its highest-value properties. The 1427 catasto contains numerous examples of a declared residence (casa per abitazione) in a parish not physically located in the gonfalone from which the tax declaration was made. Residence is "surmised" when extrapolated from political service or tax records that do not indicate the parish of residence and "documented" when the physical location of a house is known.
circa 1160 (date is approximate) to 1172
documented
information found in sepoltuario, tomb inscription, burial, and/or other records
[a] The oldest quarters of the city were based on the four city gates that provided access through the initial circuit of city walls constructed in 1078 on the foundations of the Roman castrum. The porta San Pancrazio was the western gate at the end of the city's primary east-west street, or decumanus, in the direction of Prato.
[b] Gugliarello moved to Florence from Brescia around 1160 and purchased a house in Borgo Santi Apostoli.
