Pietra Serena

Florence,
held in stone

Eleven residences within a restored fifteenth-century palazzo in the Santa Croce quarter.

Discover the residences

Manifesto

For six centuries, Florence has trusted one stone to carry its light: pietra serena, the quiet grey sandstone of Renaissance arches and columns. We restored a palazzo around it — and let the stone set the pace.

The loggia, early morning

Stone arches of a loggia opening onto a garden

The Palazzo

Five centuries,
four movements

Stone window frames set into warm ochre plaster, a lamp casting a long shadow
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The Façade

Five centuries of weather, patiently repaired by hand. Nothing added that the street would notice.

Carved Renaissance columns and arches around a Florentine courtyard
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The Courtyard

Nine arches of pietra serena frame a private cortile, cool in August, luminous in winter.

Sunlight projecting a window pattern onto a plaster wall
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The Light

New skylights draw daylight four storeys down, onto stone that has waited a long time for it.

View over Florence to the cathedral dome and the Palazzo Vecchio tower, framed by a cypress
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The Altana

A rooftop loggia in the Florentine tradition, with the dome close enough to feel like a neighbour.

Residences

Rooms with
a memory

Vaulted ceilings, original frescoes and new Slavonian oak floors. Each residence keeps what the palazzo remembers and adds only what life requires.

  • 11Residences
  • 95–410Square metres
  • 6 mCeilings up to
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An original painted ceiling in grey and gold
Original painted ceiling, piano nobile
Tall windows in a high-ceilinged room with grey panelled walls

Studiolo & Loggia95–160 m²

A curving stone staircase with a carved balustrade

Cortile Duplex240 m²

Linen curtains and an open window above a bed

Altana Penthouse410 m²

Materials

Four materials,
nothing more

  1. 01Stone
    A carved roundel of grey sandstone

    Pietra serena

    Quarried near Fiesole. Stairs, arches, thresholds.

  2. 02Timber
    Herringbone oak floor in raking light

    Oak

    Wide Slavonian planks, oiled, never lacquered.

  3. 03Plaster
    A band of sunlight across a lime plaster wall

    Lime plaster

    Marmorino walls that soften with age.

  4. 04Metal
    A patinated bronze door knob on warm wood

    Bronze

    Hardware cast in a Florentine foundry, left to patina.

Evening light over the Arno and its bridges

The city at
walking pace

Santa Croce

Santa Croce is Florence without the hurry: artisans' workshops, early espresso, evening light on the Arno.

On foot from the palazzo

  • The Arno3 min
  • Uffizi Galleries8 min
  • The Duomo10 min