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The strategic position gives the opportunity to explore by foot the wonderful monuments. Railway station "Florence Santa Maria Novella" 1 km. The Garage Bargello at 20 mt. (Cost of 30 euros per day). Please note: The apartment is located in a low-traffic area accessible only to private cars during certain hours. STORY The palace Galli rates is an important Florentine Renaissance architecture. It was built in the sixteenth century family values by using existing structures fourteenth century of which remains decorative and structural elements in the courtyard and the imposing facade. Recent studies attribute to Michelangelo drawing of windows kneeling on the ground floor and set the facade topped by a loggia and decorated with a refined graffiti allegorical theme. The building was purchased in 1623 by the family of Galli Tassi, they have transformed and enrichied the interior with the construction of a dance hall on the first floor designed by Gerard Silvani and subsequently with the monumental staircase, a work of neoclassical Gasparo Maria Paoletti, 1762. They were placed works of art such as sculpture in the courtyard "Hercules and Iole" by Domenico Pieratti beloved pupil dell'Ammannati and frescoes on the first floor made by John of St. John and Ottavio Vannini. The last of Galli Tassi, Angiolo, left the palace heritage in 1863 1870 to the Italian state in years when Florence was capital of Italy place for the Ministry of Industry and Agriculture. Changes to allow these uses will deliver the building at present.