HISTORY

TWO 19th CENTURY BUILDINGS

The edifice which holds the hotel is made up of two buildings from different periods in the XIX century.

ROYAL CONNECTIONS

The neoclassical loggia was once the Terrazzino Reale sul Prato; a royal stand made of wood assembled for the grand duke of Lorena.

LITERATURE

This grandstand accommodated the grand duke’s court on occasion of the Berber horse race, a historic event cited by Dante in The Divine Comedy.

ALFRESCO CEILINGS

The alfresco ceilings of the great hall were painted by Luigi Ademollo, invited to Florence by the Grand Duke Ferdinando III.

PRESENT DAY

In 2004, with the permission and supervision of the Monuments and Fine Arts Service, the sumptuous rooms of the loggia were indefinitely connected to Palazzo Giorgi de Pons.