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FLORENCE, Italy, Dec. 2, 2020/PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

The restoration of one of Florence's most important Renaissance buildings,

which belonged to the Serristori's family, loyal allies of the Medici family, is ongoing

A complete renovation will attain exclusive extra luxury residences, which will

be put up for sale by Lionard Luxury Real Estate  

The magnificent Palazzo Serristori in Florence

(https://www.lionard.com/palazzo-serristori-for-sale-in-florence.html), one of

the most important Renaissance buildings in the city, with its unique position

on the Arno near Ponte Vecchio, 5,500 square metres of interiors and

approximately 3,000 square metres of garden, will be completely restored after

long years of non-use.

Acquired last March by the LDC Group of Taiwan - already involved in the

redevelopment of another building of extraordinary historical value in

Florence, Palazzo Portinari Salviati - it will be restored, thanks to an

impressive renovation that will start next spring, to create prestigious extra

luxury apartments, with prices ranging from 2 to 7 million euros, the sale of

which will be handled exclusively by Lionard Luxury Real Estate

(https://www.lionard.com/). Each of the apartments, embellished with period

frescoes, will have common areas such as the spectacular garden with swimming

pool and the SPA.

The noble Serristori family, whose rise began in the Middle Ages, had already

reached a position of unquestionable wealth and prestige by the 1500s, largely

due to their association with the Medici family, of whom they were faithful

allies. The construction of the palace dates back to the beginning of the 16th

century when Lorenzo Serristori wanted to build a magnificent residence on the

banks of the Arno River surrounding a hunting lodge. From the documents found

in the Serristori archive, it is likely that the architects who designed the

original core of the palace were the great Giuliano and Antonio da Sangallo,

together with Benedetto da Maiano, with whom they had already designed the

Palazzo Strozzi in Florence and the Villa Medicea in Poggio a Caiano.

Later, Averardo Serristori, ambassador for Cosimo I de' Medici and great friend

and admirer of the renowned sculptor Michelangelo, extended the palace with the

addition of the largest Italian garden in Florence, still visible along the

left bank of the Arno to this day.

According to some scholars, the beautiful spiral staircase which is still intact today

and connects the basement with the top floor was attributed to Michelangelo.

Among the eminent figures that have stayed at Palazzo Serristori are Giuseppe

Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother and King of Spain and Naples, as well as the

Russian Demidoff family and Pope Leo X of the Medici, whose sixteenth century

coat of arms is preserved in sandstone in the main atrium. Others include

internationally renowned nineteenth century intellectuals and artists, such as

Giacomo Puccini, Gioacchino Rossini, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, the

composers Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner, and the Queen of Italy, Elena of Savoy.

Extraordinary original features of the palace have survived the centuries and

changes in style. From the magnificent frescoed ballroom, measuring 250 square

metres in area and 12.5 metres in height, the largest and most prestigious in

Florence, to a foyer covering approximately 150 square metres, which will be

used as a common area for all the apartments and whose construction dates back

to the 1600s, when the palace was extended under the guidance of the famous

Medici architect, Buontalenti. There are two splendid Murano chandeliers,

dating from the 1700s, still on display in the ballroom, both intact and in

working order. The original wooden floors and authentic works of art also

remain, as does the "Hall of Mirrors" and the palace's fireplaces, made of

precious marble and feature the Serristori coat of arms. Not forgotten, the

glazed terracotta stove, manufactured by Ginori, of which there is only one

other example in the world.

From lithographs of the 1500s, we can see how the palace was originally built

with two mills, one of which is still visible today in the basement. Of the

many curiosities that typify this building, the secret passages are undoubtedly

worth a mention, one of which, having been partially discovered, connected the

palace to the other bank of the Arno.

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Florence, Via de' Tornabuoni 1

Milan, Via Borgonuovo 20

Rome, Piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina 26

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Within the space of a few years, Lionard Luxury Real Estate, founded in 2008 by

the entrepreneur Dimitri Corti, has become the market leader in Italy in the

luxury real estate market. Currently, Lionard has 2,918 real estate properties

in its portfolio, with an average market value of 4.84 million euros and an

overall portfolio value of € 14.13 billion.

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