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Grand
Hotel Villa Cora, as it is called today, was originally 'Villa
Oppenheim' built by Baron Oppenheim in honour of his beautiful wife
during the period in which 'Florence was the Capital of Italy
(1865/1870). This fascinating residence of pure Neo-Classic style
was object of admiration for the grandeur and richness people. The
parties and balls became renowned for their pomp, elegance, and
worldliness.
In this dream-like climate, numerous romances and sentimental
relationships were inevitably born even Baron Oppenheim doubted his
beautiful wife's fidelity and decided to destroy the Villa by
getting some barrels of inflammable material with the intention of
setting it light.
Grand Hotel Villa Cora is situated in the Viale dei Colli in the
part named after Machiavelli a foreign writer defined it thus ‘The
most beautiful villa in Florence on the most beautiful street in the
world'. A prestigious dwelling in pure neo-classic style, the Villa
is admired for its grandeur and the wealth of the internal
decorations, in which an eclecticism of styles from that period can
be noted. In recent years the work of restoration of the Villa was
started to prepare it for its present use as a hotel. |
