Palaxio nuovo da Ponte di Mezzo - Palazzo Gambacorti (L. Corevi)
Palazzo Gambacorti, corso Italia
Palaxio nuovo da Ponte di Mezzo - Palazzo Gambacorti (L. Corevi)The donkey in the Gambacorti hall: Pietro Gambacorti was a key figure of the Pisan fourteenth century, able to bring together the most important representatives of Europe to Pisa to create a unitary Italian state, an attempt that failed due to the disputes between Florence and Milan. Pietro was killed during the conspiracy of the Appiani, whose representative, JacopoAppiani, was often defined as a man of low intelligence. His residence was the current Palazzo Spinola, on the Lugarno Mediceo. Jacopo, despite being a protégé of Gambacorti, aspired to the ruling of Pisa, and the only way to obtain it was to conspire against Pietro, killing him by treason on the Ponte di Mezzo in 1392. Later Jacopo entered the palace and took possession of it, proclaiming himself Lord of the city. We do not know the reason but, where Pietro had his large coat of arms painted, in the Gothic wing of the building, on the top floor, Jacopo had a painting made depicting a donkey with an inscription below: Asino sono e con il mio sapere gli altri stan ritti ed io a sedere (I am a donkey and with my knowledge the others stand upright and I sit down).
