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Palazzo Vecchietti
Florence, Italy · Independent · High Luxury
A 1578 palace on Via degli Strozzi, steps from Piazza della Repubblica, built for senator and art patron Bernardo Vecchietti by the sculptor Giambologna, whom Vecchietti had hosted and supported. Dante memorialised the Vecchietti family in Paradiso; today Michele Bonan's interiors turn the house into about fourteen suites and apartments, each named for an Italian artist or poet, and Forbes rates it Four-Star for 2026.
- 14 rooms
- Neighborhood: Tornabuoni
- Architect: Giambologna
- Interiors: Michele Bonan
About Palazzo Vecchietti
- Dante placed the Vecchietti family in Paradiso, centuries before this house rose on Via degli Strozzi.
- Suites and apartments take names from Italian artists and poets, among them Lorenzo de' Medici and Leonardo da Vinci.
History
Palazzo Vecchietti is a 16th-century Florentine palace built in 1578 for the senator and art patron Bernardo Vecchietti, constructed by the sculptor Giambologna, whom Vecchietti had hosted and supported. The Vecchietti family was memorialised by Dante in his Paradiso, and the palace stands on Via degli Strozzi, steps from Piazza della Repubblica.
Restored and converted into a luxury suites hotel with interiors by celebrated Florentine designer Michele Bonan, it offers around a dozen individually decorated rooms, suites and apartments, each named for an Italian artist or poet.
The setting
7 km from Uffizi Gallery.
Amenities
- Hammam
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
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