Palazzina Reale di Santa Maria Novella

La Palazzina Reale of Santa Maria Novella is a modern, white marble palace built in a sleek Fascist-style, located along via Valfonda and Via Berardi, adjacent to the main Train Station at Santa Maria Novella in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.

The palace was designed by the Gruppo Toscano of architects led by Giovanni Michelucci and the interior was decorated using various color marbles by Italo Gamberini and Pier Niccolò Berardi.

[1] Along the outside is a basin with a statuary group of a man and women depicting The Arno and it Valley by Italo Griselli.

The main salon is ten meters high, and illuminated through a glass mosaic curtain, which derives light through alabaster slabs.

In this hall, known as the presidential hall, are hung four tapestries that including ominous depictions ancient and modern militaristic themes, including two facing works, one depicting ancient Roman armor, fasces, and eagle standards, and the other, a collection of modern armaments.