Florence hotels near train station of Santa Maria Novella
There are some of the best luxury hotels in Florence near the Central Train Station of Santa Maria Novella: this is because the old Maria Antonia station is one of the most valuable monument in Florence historical city centre. With the end of the Grand Duchy the old name was changed in Florence station of Santa Maria Novella and remained unchanged in its nineteenth-century structure until 1931.
The new train station in Florence.
In the 1931 the Minister of the Florence railways Costanzo Ciano entrusted to the architect Angiolo Mazzoni the creation of a project for the strengthening of the station in Florence, so that it would be a little more distant from the Church of Santa Maria Novella. The façade, made of simple squared blocks, gives a pleasant effect of prospective. All the location is someway classical and futuristic at the same time.
The gate to Florence city centre museums and monuments.
In the 1980s a new subway commercial and the parking garage were finally added, making the area even more attractive for citizens and tourist coming to Florence. The main train station of Santa Maria Novella (S.M.N.) is still the preferential gate to Florence city centre – so tourist can admire the Uffizi Gallery, Ponte Vecchio and all Florence museum and monuments just walking at steady pace.
