Rif. 0346
Lionard Luxury Real Estate Via dei Banchi, 6 - ang. Piazza S. Maria Novella 50123 Florence Italy Tel. +39 055 0548100 Fax. +39 055 0548150 Tuscany Florence APARTMENT FOR SALE IN FLORENCE IN PALAZZO DESCRIPTION Not far from the famous Ponte Vecchio in the beautiful historical centre of Florence in Italy, prestigious palazzo of ancient origins dating back to the XIV century and restored in 1566 by the architect Bernard Buontalenti commissioned by the Grand Duke Francesco I de 'Medici. Noteworthy features of this Florence real estate is the ancient facade of the building that is decorated by Bernardino Poccetti that was subsequently enriched by Buontalenti with two kneeling windows with the typical bat with spread wings under the sill and a door surmounted by the coat of arms of the resident family. This facade is a precious and rare example of the beautiful decorations and graffiti that adorned the facades of most of the florentine buildings during the XVI century which now characterise one of the most exclusive homes in Tuscany. The building has a surface of 670 m2 distribuited on four floors included a basement with a cellar
and the third floor occupied by a panoramic terrace. The ground floor is occupied by a garage and the guardian's apartment consisting of a bedroom, a bathroom and a kitchen. On the upper levels there is the main house. During the restoration of the apartments there was a great deal of attention to finishing and details, such as the precious wall paintings and the ancient fireplaces. TECHNICAL DETAILS LOCATION Florence is universally recognized as a city of art, thanks to its incalculable storehouse of works, which transform the city s streets and plazas into a vibrant open-air museum. The heart of Florence is Piazza della Signoria, dominated by the towering Palazzo Vecchio and the Galleria degli Uffizi. Just a few steps away is the Cathedral, where Brunelleschi s superb cathedral is accompanied by Giotto s bell tower and the Baptistery of St. John, with its celebrated bronze doors. The River Arno, which runs through the middle of the city, has played a role in Florentine history on a par with that of the city s residents. Over the centuries, the people of Florence have maintained a love-hate relationship with the Arno, which has provided the city with both commercial advantage and disastrous floods. The most famous of the bridges crossing the river, the Ponte Vecchio, is adorned with jewellers shops housed in small cabins attached to the bridge, a construction technique found nowhere else in the world. Carrying Vasari s noble corridor from one bank to the other, the Ponte Vecchio was also the only Florentine bridge to make it through the Second World War without suffering any damage. In addition to the Uffizi, Florence has other museums that would be the chief artistic attraction in almost any other large city, while the Florentines can also boast that they possess the most striking of both female and male beauty in art: Botticelli s Venus and Michelangelo s David. One of the UNESCO s treasures of the human heritage, the magnificence of Florence s historic core can also be admired from Forte Belvedere, the Piazzale Michelangelo and the Fiesole Hill, which offers one of the most striking views of the Arno Valley. The left bank of the Arno, or the "Oltrarno", is an area that still provides a feel, amidst its centuries-old crafts shops, of the Florence of yesteryear, as described by Vasco Pratolini and Marcello Vannucci. Interiors surface: 670 m2 Building: bedrooms: 3 bathrooms: 5
living rooms: 2 dining room: 1 kitchen: 1 Guardian's apartment: bedroom:1 bathroom: 1 kitchen: 1 plus other rooms and technical areas cellar garage panoramic terrace Lucca km 55 Pisa km 70 Siena km 50 - Forte dei Marmi km 75 - Monte Abetone km 48 - Terme di Montecatini km 35 - Golf Club Poggio dei Medici km 30 - Florence airport km 5 - Highway exit: Firenze Nord exit km 2. Rif.: 0346 Price: On Application
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