Hotel Pendini

The History of Hotel Pendini is related with the 2,000 years history of Piazza della Repubblica. Florence was founded by the Romans in 50 a.c. as a camp, military base to fight the nearby Etruscan village of Fiesole, who was rebel to the Roman Empire. The campus had the shape of a rectangle, crossed by straight streets and delimited by a surrounding wall that followed the nowadays path of Via Tornabuoni, via dei Cerretani, via del Proconsolo. At the intersection of the two main streets there was a rectangular square, called "forum". It was the main place where people used to meet. Public ceremonies and a market were held there. The actual Piazza della Repubblica is founded in the same place of the antique roman "forum". The goal was to refresh the medieval Florence with a little bit of the atmosphere of Paris, the most important capital in Europe at that time. In 1879 the building with the big arch was terminated. At that time, Mrs. Pendini founded on the top floors of that building the hotel that still holds her family name. From 1930 the hotel changed several owners, from one family to another, but still today the clients of Hotel Pendini are welcomed in the atmosphere and style of the "Belle Epoque". The Hotel is located on the top floors of the building. An elevator will bring you from ground floor to the reception on the fourth floor.

(Firenze, June 2008)