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NOVECENTO
B&B
Address: via Ricasoli 10, Florence - Duomo Square
Recently
inaugurated in Summer 2003, the Bed & Breakfast Novecento is
situated in the centre of Florence, few steps from the Cathedral
of S. Maria del Fiore (Duomo), in an ancient florentine palace.
From there, every artistic spot, monuments and museums, is at walking
distance, as well as nice restaurants.
Franco & Sawako, the young owners, will welcome you in one of
their five rooms, furnished with cure in a classic style, all very
romantic and quiet, and fully equipped with private bathroom and
air conditioning. Each room is decorated according to a different
color, accommodating 2/3 people, so you can stay in the blue room,
in the yellow one, in the violet... The overall atmosphere is warm
and romantic.
Breakfast is served each morning in a breakfast room while during
spring or summer you can take it in the charmimg typical roof terrace.
From there you can relax with a drink enjoying the echantable view
of the overwhelming Brunelleschi's dome, an incomparable scenario
for your holiday!
The B&B is located at the last floor of a typical ancient palace
without elevator.
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PRICES
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ROOMS |
Low
- High Season
MIN - MAX |
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SINGLE
1 people |
70 - 110 |
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DOUBLE
2 people |
90 - 140 |
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TRIPLE
3 people |
120 - 170 |
All
rates are in EURO, per room, per night and including VAT
tax and service charge. To convert currency
please click here: XE.com
Personal Currency Assistant
Rates include: Breakfast ·Taxes · Service
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SERVICES
- Private Bathroom
- Air conditioning
Prices
of the rooms include breakfast
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LOCATION
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the Florence map to enlarge it
Distance on foot:
-Duomo's square (you are there!)
- 7 minutes to Piazza della Signoria
- 10 minutes to Uffizi Gallery and Ponte Vecchio
- 15 minutes to Pitti Palace
- 10 minutes to Railway Station Santa Maria Novella
- 5 minutes to Medici Chapels and San Lorenzo
- 20 minutes to Fortezza da Basso Congress Center
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Duomo
or Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore: the task of building the
Duomo, on the site of the old church S. Reparata, was entrusted to Arnolfo
di Cambio, in the year 1296. Following his death (1302), Giotto
was appointed to the supervise building work but he devoted himself mainly
to the Campanile. Later in 1357 Francesco Talenti and
Giovanni di Lapo Ghini continued work on the Duomo of
Florence enlarging the original Arnolfo's design. 
Giotto's
Campanile (bell-tower): interesting example of the gothic architecture
in Italy, it's an imposing marble tower on square plan closed by octagonal
pilasters at the corners. Build next to the Florence Duomo, on the original
design by Giotto, was begun in 1334 by the artist and
then continued by his successor, Andrea Pisano, who completed
the original structure with the bas-relief panels. The building was completed
by Francesco Talenti in 1359 with the upper storeys,
the gothic windows and the terrace. 
Baptistery:
dedicated to St. John the Baptist patron saint of Florence, was construcetd
in the course of the XI-XIII centuries on a site of a Roman-age edifice,
domus. The building has an octagonal plane, which simbolizes the religious
ritual of baptism, and is faced in polychrome marbles the geometrical
arrangement of which is inspired by the classic Roman antiquity. The Baptistery
is enriched with three splendid bronze doors, the first one, the South
Door, was made by Andrea Pisano in 1330-1336, the other
two are the work of Lorenzo Ghiberti, the North Door
(1403-1424), and the famous East Door described by Michelangelo as the
Gate of Paradise (1425-1452). 
