Pensione Annalena

History

Since 1919

When, in 1441, the mercenary leader Baldaccio Bruni was killed in Florence in a conspiracy, his young wife Annalena became a nun and transformed her palace into a convent for young widows, which remained open until 1786. In the early 1800s, the Marquis Corsi created the first romantic garden in Florence next to it: the Garden of Annalena. The palace then became the home of Carolina Bonaparte, Napoleon’s sister, for two decades. In 1919, the Calastri-Rossoni family opened the Pensione Annalena in the palace, which hosted Eugenio Montale for a long time in the ’30s and Carlo Levi in the ’40s.

Contacts

Address: Via Romana, 34

Website: http://www.annalenahotel.it

Email: reception@annalenahotel.com

Phone: +39 055 222402