VIA TADDEA 8 - Florence, IT |
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Description - Ni Hotel Botticelli |
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| HOTEL BOTTICELLI IS A PATRICIAN HOME OF THE 16TH CENTURY. THIS THREE-STAR HOTEL REOPENS ITS DOORS TO GUESTS AFTER HAVING UNDERGONE A COMPLETE RESTORATION. THE RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE AND THE REFINED FURNISHINGS REFLECT THE FLORENTINE CHARACTER. ITS VAULTED PUBLIC ROOMS AND A PRECIOUS COVERED PORCH ON THE SECOND FLOOR ADD FURTHER CHARM. |
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THE HOTEL IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE
HISTORICAL CENTRE OF FLORENCE, NEAR THE MARKET OF
S. LORENZO, 300 METRES FROM CAPPELLE MEDICEE, 400
METRES FROM GALLERIA DELL*ACCADEMIA AND 500
METRES FROM THE CATHEDRAL.
AN ITINERARY OF ABSOLUTE BEAUTY STARTING FROM
THE FLORENCE RAILWAY STATION WE HEAD TOWARDS THE
CATHEDRAL. BEHIND WHICH IS THE OPERA MUSEUM OF
SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE, A MUSEUM WHICH CONTAINS
MANY WORKS OF ART, AMONGST WHICH MANY ITEMS THAT
ORIGINATED FROM THE BATTISTERO, THE CATHEDRAL AND
THE CAMPANILE.
ON THE FIRST FLOOR, BY TAKING THE FIRST FLIGHT OF
STAIRS, YOU ARRIVE AT THE MEZZANINE LEVEL IN
FRONT OF A HALL WHERE THERE IS THE MARBLE STATUE
OF THE PIET *1550-C.1553*, WHICH IS THE SECOND
STATUE OF THE SAME SUBJECT, COMPLETED YEARS AFTER
THE FIRST STATUE WAS CREATED FOR SAN PIETRO,
FOUND IN THE VATICAN.
FROM THE CATHEDRAL, MOVING ON TO THE PALAZZO
VECCHIO BY WALKING A FEW HUNDRED METRES ALONG THE
VIA DEI CALZAIUOLI.
ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN THE SALONE DEI CINQUECENTO,
THE PRODUCTION LINE MURALS WERE EXECUTED AFTER
THE FAILURE OF ONE OF ITALY*S MOST DECORATIVE
PROJECTS LENARDO AND MICHELANGELO WERE
COMMISSIONED BY PIER SODERINI *1512* TO PAINT
FRESCOES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HALL TO LEONARDO,
THE BATTLE OF ANGHIARI *1440* AND TO
MICHELANGELO, THE BATTLE OF CASCINA *1364*,
HOWEVER, THESE WERE NEVER COMPLETED.
MICHELANGELO*S GENIO DELLA VITTORIA *VICTORY*,
SITUATED ON THE CENTRE OF THE WALL FACING THE
ENTRANCE DOOR, WAS COMPLETED BETWEEN 1533 AND
1534 FOR THE TOMB OF POPE GIULIO II DELLA ROVERE.
THIS WORK OF ART REMAINED IN THE ARTIST*S
WORKSHOP AT VIA MOZZA AND WAS MENTIONED IN A
LETTER WRITTEN BY VASARI, DATED 10TH MARCH 1564.
IT FEATURES THE BODY OF A YOUNG MAN, WHO HAS
KILLED AN OLD BEARDED MAN.
FROM THE PALAZZO VECCHIO TO THE GALLERIA DEGLI
UFFIZI, WHICH IS A REALLY SHORT JOURNEY. IN ROOM
25 OF THE GALLERY, YOU CAN FIND THE ONLY EXAMPLE
OF HIS COMPLETED EASEL PAINTING HELD IN FLORENCE,
WHICH CAN ASSUREDLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO HIM.
THE TONDO DONI OR THE SACRED FAMILY WITH SAN
GIOVANNINO WAS POST-DATED TO 1506, THE DATE OF
THE FINDINGS AT ROME OF LAOCOONTE FROM WHICH THIS
ARTIST INSPIRED MICHELANGELO FOR THE NUDE POSE
BEHIND SAN GUISEPPE.
IN THE MUSEO NAZIONALE DEL BARGELLO IT IS
POSSIBLE TO BECOME ECSTATIC WHEN FACED WITH FOUR
WORKS OF ART BY MICHELANGELO TONDO PITTI, A WORK
OF ART COMPLETED IN THE SAME YEAR AS THE DAVID
AND THE TONDO DONI *APPROX. 1504*. BACCO, ONE OF
THE ARTISTS FIRST ROMAN SCULPTURES, COMMISSIONED
BY THE BANKER JACOPO GALLI *1496-97*.
DAVID-APOLLO, WITH ITS EVOCATIVE MELANCHOLIC
SPIRIT AND BRUTO, COMPLETED AFTER THE
ASSASSINATION OF LORENZINO MEDICI, WHO HIMSELF
WAS THE KILLER OF THE DUKE ALESSANDRO *1536*.
NEARBY, IS THE CASA BUONARROTI AT VIA GHIBELLINA,
NO. 70 WHICH WAS BUILT BY HIS GREAT NEPHEW,
MICHELANGELO IL GIOVANE, IN THE SAME LOCATION OF
THE THREE HOUSES THAT THE ARTIST BOUGHT AND LIVED
IN BETWEEN 1516 AND 1525.
IT IS A PLACE LOADED WITH ARTISTIC AND BIOGRAPHIC
MEMORIES IN CONNECTION TO THE ARTIST.
YOU MUST VISIT THE GALLERIA DELL*ACCADEMIA FOR
THE FOLLOWING WORKS OF ART PRIGIONI, SAN MATTEO,
DAVID AND PIET DI PALESTRINA, AS WELL AS THE
SAGRESTIA NUOVA OF THE CAPPELLE MEDICEE AND THE
SCALONE AND THE VESTIBOLO OF THE BIBLIOTECA
LAURENZIANA *LIBRARY*.
THE LATTER ARE THE MOST FAMOUS AND RENOWNED WORKS
OF ART HELD IN FLORENCE.
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By Car
Go Towards The S.m. Novella Railway Station
Driving Along S. Caterina D*Alessandria Street
Until You Find A Square On Your Right *Piazza
Indipendenza*.
Turn Left At The First Street On The Left You
Find *Via Guelfa*.
Follow The Signs To The Parking Lot Of The Main
Central Market *Mercato Centrale*.
Turn Right At The First Street *Via Panicale* And
Soon At First Street To The Left *Taddea Street*.
At The End Of The Road On The Left There Is The
Hotel.
By Plane
The Hotel Is Located About 4 Km From The A.
Vespucci Florence Airport And About 65 Km From
The G. Galilei Pisa Airport.
By Train
The Hotel Is Located A Few Steps From The S.m.
Novella Florence Railway Station.
Taxi Price From The Hotel To Florence Airport
About 20.00 Euro.
Train Price From Pisa Airport About 8.00 Euro.
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- Handicap Facilities On Public Floor
- Elevators
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