Page 306 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Italy

304  CENTR AL IT AL Y

Street-by-Street: Oltrarno

For the most part, the Oltrarno is a homely area j Santo Spirito
Brunelleschi’s
of small houses, quiet squares and shops selling simple church was
antiques, bric-a-brac and foodstuffs. The Via completed after
Maggio, a busy thoroughfare, breaks this the architect’s
pattern, but step into the side streets and you death.
escape the bustle to discover a corner of old
world Florence. The restaurants serve authentic,
reasonably priced food, and the area is full of Ponte Santa
studios and workshops restoring antique L U N G A R N O G U I C C I A R D I N I
Trinità
furniture. Among the things to see are Santo
Spirito and Palazzo Pitti, one of the city’s largest
palaces, whose medley of museums contains an
art collection second only to that of the Uffizi. V I A D E ’ C O V E R E L L O P I Z Z A D E ’ F R E S C O B A L D I

Cenacolo di Santo Spirito, the V I A D I S A N T O S P I R I T O
old refectory of a monastery that
once stood here, contains a
dramatic fresco attributed to B O R G O S A N J A C O P O
Orcagna (c.1360).

V I A T O S C A N E L L A
V I A D E L P R E S T O VIA DE’ VELLUTINI
D I S A N M A R T I N O

PIZZA DI S. SPIRITO V I A D E ’ M I C H E L O Z Z I V I A M A G G I O V I A S G U A Z Z A

.Palazzo B O R G O T E G O L A I O S D R U CC I O LO D E ’ P I T T I
Guadagni
(1500) was the first
palace in the city to
be built with a roof- V. D E L L E C A L D A I E V I A M A Z Z E T TA
top loggia, setting P I A Z Z A D E ’ P I T T I
a trend among
the aristocracy.

PIA ZZ A
DI
S . FELICE

. Palazzo di
Bianca Cappello
(1579) is covered in Traditional
ornate sgraffito work inlaid mosaics
and was the home of can be purchased
the mistress of Grand at this shop,
Duke Francesco I. Pitti Mosaici.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp569–73 and pp590–96

304-305_EW_Italy.indd 304 4/4/17 5:35 PM