Following is the beginning of my research about the history of Piazza della Repubblica and the Hotel Pendini.
Piazza della Repubblica at the times of Roman Empire was called "forum". A temple was built where now the Pendini is located.
That's about 2.000 years ago.
Here you can see the position of the roman temple compared to the actual Pensione Pendini.
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This is a reproduction of the roman square, done by the architects that found the foundations of the antique roman ruins...
A 3D image representing Piazza Repubblica area 2000 years ago: always beeing the most central square of Florence.
and here the detail of the temple that was in place of the actual Pendini building.
Well, the history is not so short, of course, and the Pendini has thousend tales to tell.
Stay tuned to our web site, and you will soon see more pictures from our collection.
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