Torre della Pagliazza - Hotel Brunelleschi Firenze
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The Pagliazza Tower, whose uncertain origins date back to between the sixth and seventh centuries, is the oldest building still standing in the historical centre of Florence, in the very heart of the city and just a stones throw from the Duomo.
![ART AND RELIGION
A past of art and worship:
St. Michaels Church
In 1517, Pope Leo X made a gift of the 1503, which is now exhibited in the Uf鍖zi
church to the congregation of priests with its predella. In 1729 the church was
of the Visitation and its name was comprehensively renovated in Baroque
changed once again into the Church style.
of the Visitation. A terracotta relief Subsequently, in 1785, the parish was
Visitation from the workshop of suppressed and the building became a
Giovanni della Robbia was installed in simple home. All the works of art were
OUR HISTORY. the facade above the portal. destroyed or lost, with the exception of
The return to its former
AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE.
The building had already been home the painting the Visitation, which is on
for many years of another Visitation, display in the Uf鍖zi today.
glory and the recovery of
this one by Mariotto Albertinelli dated
the Roman caldarium
In 1980 the Istituto Nazionale delle documentation. The ceramics found in
Assicurazioni [National Institute of excavations in the tower area are truly
AT THE DAWN OF HISTORY
Insurers] decided to restore the entire remarkable. In addition to a few Roman
hotel complex and uncover the relics of fragments, the showcases contain articles
its past. Architect Italo Gamberini had from the medieval period and a valuable
At the dawn of history OBLIVION the idea of liberating the Pagliazza Tower
from the superstructures behind which
collection of Renaissance pieces, most of
which attributable to Montelupo:
The Pagliazza Tower, whose uncertain Pagliazza (from paglia, the Italian word it had been almost entirely hidden, in compendiario style plates decorated
origins date back to between the sixth for straw), because of the straw bedding a project that uncovered the ancient with landscapes, animal figures and Hotel Brunelleschi Piazza S. Elisabetta, 3 - 50122 Florence, Italy
Lombard walls and gave Florence back a polychromatic circles, plus a series of Phone +39 055 27370 Fax +39 055 219653 info@hotelbrunelleschi.it www.hotelbrunelleschi.it
and seventh centuries, is the oldest used by the inmates. At a later date, St.
CODICI GDS Amadeus: YX FLRBRU Worldspan: YX 16467 Sabre: YX 28261 Apollo/Galileo: YX 24555
building still standing in the historical Michaels Church was built near the tower Oblivion piece of its history. harlequins from the first half of the
centre of Florence, in the very heart of and then renovated in Romanesque In the eighteenth century, following the is Piazza Santa Elisabetta. The same Subsequently, studies performed by the 17th century.
the city and just a stones throw from the style, in about 1100, by the Nuns of St. widening of Via de Calzaiuoli, the holy block was also home to the Massimo local authorities led to the recovery of a This makes the Hotel Brunelleschi, which
Duomo. According to some theories, the Ambrose, to whom it had been donated. buildings walls were incorporated into a DAzeglio hotel on Via delle Oche and caldarium too, which originally formed is named after the district where Filippo
Tower was built by the Byzantines during In 1450, the church took on the name big urban block that also contained the the Stella dItalia-San Marco hotel in part of the Roman spa in the buildings Brunelleschi lived, both a prestigious
the Gothic War as part of the city walls. St. Michael of the Trumpets following remains of another ancient church, Santa Via de Calzaiuoli. cellars. This is why a museum has been hotel and a point of cultural reference
According to others, it was built a century the unusual decision taken in 1390 that Maria Nipotecosa. One by one, the three hotels closed created inside the hotel to exhibit not only for its guests, but for the city as
later by the Lombards simply as a tower- obliged the municipal trumpeters to live in The Pagliazza Tower and St. Michaels for business and for many years the the carefully restored archaeological a whole.
shaped home. In the twelfth century it the old parish church. Church area, divided into three floors, buildings were forgotten, along with finds and extensive photographic
began to be used as a womens prison, was occupied by the modest Giglio their treasures.
which is why it came to be known as the hotel, which looked out onto what today
SPLENDOURS OF THE PAST](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/torrepagliazza-121030042857-phpapp01/85/Torre-della-Pagliazza-Hotel-Brunelleschi-Firenze-2-320.jpg)
Torre della Pagliazza - Hotel Brunelleschi Firenze
- 1. LA NOSTRA STORIA. ARTE E CULTO UNEMOZIONE DA VIVERE. Un passato di arte e di culto: Torre Pagliazza, da sempre la Chiesa di San Michele Nel 1517 Papa Leone X regal嘆 la Visitazione, quella di Mariotto nel cuore di Firenze. c h i e s e t t a a l l a c o n g re g a z i o n e d e i Albertinelli datata 1503, oggi agli Uf鍖zi preti della Visitazione, mutando nuovamente il nome in Chiesa della con la relativa predella. Nel 1729 la chiesa venne completamente rinnovata Pagliazza Tower, ever present Visitazione. Nella facciata, sopra il portale, venne in forme barocche. Successivamente, nel 1785, la parrocchia fu soppressa e Il ritorno agli antichi splendori e il recupero in the heart of Florence. collocata una Visitazione, rilievo in ledificio ridotto ad abitazione. Tutte le del calidarium romano terracotta della bottega di Giovanni della opere darte furono distrutte o disperse Nel 1980 lIstituto Nazionale delle 竪 il materiale ceramico rinvenuto Robbia. eccetto il quadro della Visitazione, Assicurazioni decise di restaurare lintero allinterno degli scavi nellarea della Gi da anni ledi鍖cio accoglieva unaltra oggi conservato gli Uf鍖zi. complesso alberghiero riscoprendo torre. Oltre a pochi frammenti romani, le vestigia del passato. merito nelle vetrine si trovano reperti di epoca dellarchitetto Italo Gamberini aver medievale e una pregevole collezione liberato la torre della Pagliazza dalle di pezzi rinascimentali di produzione sovrastrutture che la nascondevano per lo pi湛 attribuibile a Montelupo: AGLI ALBORI DELLA STORIA LOBLIO quasi per intero, con un intervento che ha riportato alla luce i resti delle piatti in stile compendiario con decorazioni e paesi, con 鍖gure tratte dal antiche mura longobarde restituendo repertorio animalistico o con a Firenze un pezzo della sua storia. tondi policromi figurali, fino a Agli albori della storia In seguito, ricerche condotte dalla un gruppo di arlecchini della Sovraintendenza hanno consentito anche prima met del XVII secolo. La Pagliazza, le cui incerte origini nome Pagliazza che deriva proprio il recupero di un calidarium delle terme Cos狸 lHotel Brunelleschi, che deve il si collocano tra il VI ed il VII secolo, dai giacigli di paglia destinati alle 竪 la pi湛 antica costruzione ancora carcerate. Successivamente presso Loblio romane nei sotterranei degli edifici. suo nome al rione che fu di Filippo Per questo, allinterno della struttura Brunelleschi, diventa al tempo stesso in piedi nel centro storico e si trova la torre fu costruita la chiesa di San NellOttocento, in seguito allallargamento Elisabetta. Lo stesso isolato ospitava alberghiera, 竪 stato allestito un Museo prestigiosa struttura ricettiva e punto di nel cuore di Firenze, a due passi dal Michele che intorno al 1100 venne di via de Calzaiuoli, le strutture murarie su via delle Oche lalbergo Massimo c h e o s p i t a re p e r t i a c c u r a t a m e n t e riferimento culturale per i suoi ospiti e Duomo. La Torre fu innalzata secondo ristrutturata in stile romanico dalle delledificio sacro vennero inglobate DAzeglio e su via de Calzaiuoli restaurati e accompagnati da unampia per tutta la citt. alcune teorie dai bizantini, quando suore di SantAmbrogio, alle quali allinterno di un grande isolato che lalbergo Stella dItalia-San Marco. entrarono in citt durante la guerra era stata donata. Nel 1450 la chiesa comprendeva anche i resti di unaltra U n o d o p o l a l t ro , i t re a l b e rg h i documentazione fotografica. Notevole gotica come parte delle mura, secondo prese il nome di San Michele delle antica chiesa, Santa Maria Nipotecosa. chiusero e gli edi鍖 ci rimasero a lungo altre teorie dai longobardi un secolo Tr o m b e a s e g u i t o d e l s i n g o l a r e Larea della Pagliazza e di San Michele, dimenticati insieme ai loro tesori. dopo, come semplice casa-torre. Nel provvedimento del 1390 che obbligava divisa in tre piani, venne occupata XII secolo inizi嘆 ad essere utilizzata i trombettieri del Comune ad abitare dal modesto albergo del Giglio che come prigione femminile, da qui il allinterno della antica parrocchia. si apriva sullattuale piazza Santa ANTICHI SPLENDORI
- 2. ART AND RELIGION A past of art and worship: St. Michaels Church In 1517, Pope Leo X made a gift of the 1503, which is now exhibited in the Uf鍖zi church to the congregation of priests with its predella. In 1729 the church was of the Visitation and its name was comprehensively renovated in Baroque changed once again into the Church style. of the Visitation. A terracotta relief Subsequently, in 1785, the parish was Visitation from the workshop of suppressed and the building became a Giovanni della Robbia was installed in simple home. All the works of art were OUR HISTORY. the facade above the portal. destroyed or lost, with the exception of The return to its former AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. The building had already been home the painting the Visitation, which is on for many years of another Visitation, display in the Uf鍖zi today. glory and the recovery of this one by Mariotto Albertinelli dated the Roman caldarium In 1980 the Istituto Nazionale delle documentation. The ceramics found in Assicurazioni [National Institute of excavations in the tower area are truly AT THE DAWN OF HISTORY Insurers] decided to restore the entire remarkable. In addition to a few Roman hotel complex and uncover the relics of fragments, the showcases contain articles its past. Architect Italo Gamberini had from the medieval period and a valuable At the dawn of history OBLIVION the idea of liberating the Pagliazza Tower from the superstructures behind which collection of Renaissance pieces, most of which attributable to Montelupo: The Pagliazza Tower, whose uncertain Pagliazza (from paglia, the Italian word it had been almost entirely hidden, in compendiario style plates decorated origins date back to between the sixth for straw), because of the straw bedding a project that uncovered the ancient with landscapes, animal figures and Hotel Brunelleschi Piazza S. Elisabetta, 3 - 50122 Florence, Italy Lombard walls and gave Florence back a polychromatic circles, plus a series of Phone +39 055 27370 Fax +39 055 219653 info@hotelbrunelleschi.it www.hotelbrunelleschi.it and seventh centuries, is the oldest used by the inmates. At a later date, St. CODICI GDS Amadeus: YX FLRBRU Worldspan: YX 16467 Sabre: YX 28261 Apollo/Galileo: YX 24555 building still standing in the historical Michaels Church was built near the tower Oblivion piece of its history. harlequins from the first half of the centre of Florence, in the very heart of and then renovated in Romanesque In the eighteenth century, following the is Piazza Santa Elisabetta. The same Subsequently, studies performed by the 17th century. the city and just a stones throw from the style, in about 1100, by the Nuns of St. widening of Via de Calzaiuoli, the holy block was also home to the Massimo local authorities led to the recovery of a This makes the Hotel Brunelleschi, which Duomo. According to some theories, the Ambrose, to whom it had been donated. buildings walls were incorporated into a DAzeglio hotel on Via delle Oche and caldarium too, which originally formed is named after the district where Filippo Tower was built by the Byzantines during In 1450, the church took on the name big urban block that also contained the the Stella dItalia-San Marco hotel in part of the Roman spa in the buildings Brunelleschi lived, both a prestigious the Gothic War as part of the city walls. St. Michael of the Trumpets following remains of another ancient church, Santa Via de Calzaiuoli. cellars. This is why a museum has been hotel and a point of cultural reference According to others, it was built a century the unusual decision taken in 1390 that Maria Nipotecosa. One by one, the three hotels closed created inside the hotel to exhibit not only for its guests, but for the city as later by the Lombards simply as a tower- obliged the municipal trumpeters to live in The Pagliazza Tower and St. Michaels for business and for many years the the carefully restored archaeological a whole. shaped home. In the twelfth century it the old parish church. Church area, divided into three floors, buildings were forgotten, along with finds and extensive photographic began to be used as a womens prison, was occupied by the modest Giglio their treasures. which is why it came to be known as the hotel, which looked out onto what today SPLENDOURS OF THE PAST