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Piazza Unità d'Italia (Italian Unity Square) is a square in Florence, very close to Piazza della Stazione, with which it shares its important role as hub of city bus routes. The square is on the north side of the church of Santa Maria Novella and formerly called the Old Town Square of Santa Maria Novella: the square in fact already existed in the tenth century, when Santa Maria Novella it was still called "Santa Maria delle Vigne", so this reason in his name was distinguished by the "new" Piazza Santa Maria Novella, open when the church became a great basilica. The large building on the corner of Station Square was
built by Lucalberti. The building is today known as Palazzo Cerretani, after the family that owned it. In 1802 with the extinction of the Cerretani family the building passed to Gondi family, who then sold it to the mayor Ubaldino Peruzzi for "Strade Ferrate Romane" (Roman Iron Roads). Today, after being owned by the Railways for almost two centuries, it was ceded to Tuscany Region since 2005, who regularly holds exhibitions and other initiatives. The current naming of the square dates back to 1882 and was intended to celebrate the achieved political unity of the peninsula, which occurred a decade earlier. On that occasion the obelisk in the center was inaugurated to honor the victims of the wars of Independence, made by John Pini.
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When You book a guided tour in Florence, with us You'll realize how beautiful and magic this town is.
Book one of our guided Tour in Florence, and You'll enjoy the unique atmosphere of this beautiful town
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