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Palazzo Ottaviani
Florence, Italy · Lungarno Collection · Core Luxury
Palazzo Ottaviani opened in July 2025 inside a 1950s rationalist palazzo that once housed Florence's Ariston cinema, a minute from Santa Maria Novella. Luigi Fragola Architects drew ten residences of about 50 to 200 square metres, nodding to Giovanni Michelucci's 1935 station next door. The same building holds HZERO, one of Europe's largest model-train museums, under the Ferragamo family's Lungarno Collection.
- 10 rooms
- Opened 2025
- Neighborhood: Santa Maria Novella
- Architect: Luigi Fragola Architects
About Palazzo Ottaviani
- Florence-born Luigi Fragola Architects referenced Giovanni Michelucci's 1935 Santa Maria Novella railway station in the conversion.
- Ten residences range from about 50 to 200 square metres.
History
Palazzo Ottaviani debuted in July 2025 in the heart of Florence's Santa Maria Novella district, one minute from the piazza and its eponymous church, as serviced-apartment residences of the Ferragamo family's Lungarno Collection. The project reimagines a 1950s rationalist palazzo once home to the storied Ariston cinema, adjacent to the Museo Novecento.
Designed by the Florence-born studio Luigi Fragola Architects, the palazzo offers ten residences ranging from about 50 to 200 square metres, drawn up with a contemporary aesthetic inspired by the clean lines of 1940s rationalism and referencing Giovanni Michelucci's 1935 Santa Maria Novella railway station. The building also houses HZERO, one of Europe's largest model-train museums.
Amenities
- Cinema
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