Palazzo Capponi -Apartment Ermelinda

Special promotion for the month of January 2022. The apartment has been renovated in febbruary 2016 and is located on first floor of Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinate (xv century).On the month of January, February and March Luggage store will be available from Monday to Friday The space The apartment develops on one level and has one masterbedroom, one bathroom with shower, one kicthen fully equiped furnished with dishwasher, electric stoves and refrigerator, one living-diningroom. The masterbedroom and livingroom of the apartment have windows overlooking the old medioeval street. Baby care equipment (high chair, changing unit, cot) for free on request. Guest access The apartment is on mezanine betwen ground and first floor of the ancient building. A stair of 17 setps leads to the entrance of the apartment. Other things to note Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinate was built perhaps by Lorenzo di Bicci (although other scholars have attributed it to Filippo Brunelleschi) for Niccolò da Uzzano. It was finished around 1426. After his death a few years later, it was acquired by the Capponi family. It has a 15th-century late-Gothic façade with a sober rustication at the lower floor, surmounted by irregular rows of mullioned windows (some closed and replaced by rectangular openings). The plan is nearly square, with a central courtyard in Renaissance style. This has porticoes on each side, with graffiti decorations dating to the 1450s and octagonal capitals in a still late medieval style. The porticoes are cross-vaulted. The entrance on Via de' Bardi has fresco, attributed to Lorenzo di Bicci himself, with two flying figures holding the Uzzano coat of arms. Internally, at the feet of the main staircase, is a porphyry lion, an ancient Roman sculpture from the 2nd century AD. On the piano nobile there is a small chapel with an altarpiece by Pontormo, perhaps taken from the Barbadori Chapel of the church of Santa Trinita. There is also a stained glass window, with the Deposition from the Cross, by Guillaume de Marcillat (1526). The rear façade, added in the 19th century, overlooks the Arno River. Registration Details IT048017B4YXA84SPC