In the heart of the old city of Florence, just between Piazza Santa Croce
and Piazza della Signoria, there is De' Benci bed & breakfast, ideal
base for visiting one of the most beautiful cities on earth.
You will be welcomed into elegantly furnished suites with every modern comfort.
The atmosphere is very warm, stylish and bright. The thick and textured
interior walls are painted rose. The doors are as light as ivory. Very wide
windows let the light go in. The typical Tuscan floor and the ancient wooden-beam
ceiling enrich the entire structure. Small details in characteristic stone,
in ancient brick or in dark wrought iron decorate the environment, but colour
and scent of wood reign over all.
Bathrooms with shower are modern and comfortable and tiles are in light
botticino stone, with darker details.
Historical note
De' Benci bed and breakfast is in the historical centre of Florence, in
the monumental Peruzzi palace. It is in via De' Benci, between Volta Peruzzi
and Piazza Santa Croce, very close to Teatro Verdi and Biblioteca Nazionale.
This building belongs to an old area called the “Prima cerchia Comunale”
(the oldest medieval city) built up in XII century.
De' Benci road was a defensive moat, built in front of the walls that shielded
the “Prima cerchia Comunale”. But in XIV century it was changed
into a street. In the same period the basis of Peruzzi palace was built
instead of defensive walls.
The name of this road is due to the Bencis, a noble family that established
in this part of Florence in XV century, buying the properties from another
family: the Albertis, who had given their name to the road before.
From this period the entire neighbourhood became very important for its
architecture, because noble families of the period ordered many projects
of sumptuous palaces.
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