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Itineraries for a vacation in Florence and in Tuscany between ancient palaces, historic apartments and ancient Florentine and Tuscan luxury villas
Elegant and austere example of fifteenth-century Florentine Palace, attributed to architect Giuliano da Maiano, the Palace was built from 1461 to Giovanni Boni. In 1466, when the building was still under construction, John died, but the work was continued by his father, Bono. In 1475, a few years after the completion of the building occurred in 1469, the estate was sold to Lorenzo the magnificent and almost immediately resold to hammers. In 1506 the Palace was purchased by the Florentine merchant Niccolo di Tommaso Antinori. After his death, the building passed to his son Alexander who in 1539 he bought the area behind the building some houses located between the present-day via del Trebbio, via delle Belle Donne and via Antinori. After the demolition of the houses was modified the rear façade of the Palace and remained free space, a garden was created. The facade of the Palace, lined with stone ashlars regular surface divided into three sections by two frames to dentils watertable. In the lower part of the facade is a common architectural element in the 15th century stately homes: the "bench". On the ground floor there is the door, eccentric, flanked by three Windows put in asymmetric position. On the upper floors are located six large Windows with arch framed by an ornamental ring of stone. Ago by crowning the façade a carved frame in ova. In middle position, compared to the first plateaus located stone coat of arms of the Antinori family. Inside, the quadrangle courtyard has three arcades while the fourth side, the typical arch bar, supports the wall of top floor in the overhang, which is located under ilpozzo in serene stone. The Palace, still owned by the Antinori family, has been restored several times in order to recover the wooden ceilings and the walls originating changed over the centuries by countless superstructures. The building currently houses the administrative offices on the ground floor of the estates and family farms. On the first floor is home to a prestigious American University, while the second floor is used by the Antinori family.
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