Apartment for sale in Florence - ITALY

3 500 000 €

5 room luxury Apartment for sale in Florence, Italy

In the heart of Florence, a stone's throw from Piazza del Duomo and Piazza della Repubblica, luxury 175-sqm apartment with 2 bedrooms for sale inside the well-known Palazzo Portinari Salviati, on the third floor of the building. Buyers have the opportunity of choosing the finishes they prefer, which include elements suitable for the most diverse tastes. Common areas include some boutiques, a Michelin-starred restaurant and a Spa with indoor pool and wellness center.
The building is located in a unique and privileged position, close to all the most famous monuments of the city and a stone's throw from the boutiques in the center. Furthermore, on the ground floor of the building there are shops and common areas with restaurants and relaxation areas. For getting around, Florence has a convenient taxi service or alternatively a tramway that connects the historic center to most of the services including the Careggi hospital and the Amerigo Vespucci airport.
DESCRIPTION OF THE APARTMENT, STATE AND FINISHES
The apartment opens into a spacious and bright living room, fitted with a dining corner and an adjoining kitchenette. A corridor departing from the sitting area leads first to a service bathroom and then to a small sitting room also very convenient as a private office space or additional bedroom. Going further down the corridor one gets to two bedrooms, each with its own private bathroom and walk-in closet. The bedroom in the corner of the palazzo is incredibly spacious and fitted with an exclusive TV area.
The building (over 5,200 sqm – 55,952 sqft in total) is free on three sides and currently includes a residential portion divided into twenty-four private apartments, a boutique hotel with thirteen exclusive suites and magnificent common areas with luxury boutiques, a Michelin-starred restaurant, lounge bar, bistro and a Spa (about 500 sqm – 5,380) with indoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi tub, sauna, Turkish bath, gym and four massage/treatment areas.
On the main floor there is also a beautiful hall (110 sqm – 1,184 sqft) designed for events, a conference room with a private chapel frescoed by Alessandro Allori next to it.
HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY
The history of the palace begins in the 13th century, when Folco Portinari, a well-known Florentine banker and founder of the Santa Maria Nuova hospital, had a series of houses built for his family. Between 1470 and 1480, his heirs transformed the entire complex into a grand mansion, possibly using the services of Michelozzo. Among others, Folco Portinari was the father of the equally famous Beatrice Portinari, Dante's muse. The poet's verses are inscribed on a plaque on the palace façade.
The palazzo thus created was purchased in 1546 by Jacopo Salviati, Lorenzo de' Medici's son-in-law, who oversaw a further extension that lasted almost a decade under the possible supervision of Bartolomeo Ammannati or Alessandro Allori. Some of the palace's most illustrious guests are linked to the Salviati family, including Maria Salviati, wife of Giovanni de' Medici (better known as Giovanni dalle Bande Nere) and mother of the future Grand Duke Cosimo I. As great patrons and art lovers, the Salviati family kept unique works by artists such as Donatello, Verrocchio, Cellini, Bronzino and Correggio in the palazzo.
In 1768 the palace was sold to the Ricciardi-Serguidi family, then passed on to Pietro Leopoldo di Giannozzo da Cepparello in 1803. The building was then purchased by the Municipality of Florence which established the Liceo Ginnasio Fiorentino there. With the unification of Italy and the movement of the capital to Florence in 1865, the Italian government identified the palace as the seat of the Ministry of Justice and Religion: for the occasion, a further expansion of the building was carried out (1866) following a design by Francesco Mazzei and Nicola Nasi which added sixteen rooms to the palace.
With the moving of the capital to Rome, the ministr