Centro Storico / Duomo

The Renaissance core, globally iconic, fully walkable, and Florence's most prestigious (and protected) address.

Updated May 22, 202610 min read

About Centro Storico / Duomo

The Centro Storico is the postcard Florence: Brunelleschi's terracotta dome, the Uffizi, Palazzo Vecchio and the Ponte Vecchio compressed into a pedestrian warren of Renaissance palazzi. Owning here means owning a slice of a UNESCO World Heritage site, with daily life lived among Botticellis and centuries-old wine windows. That prestige comes with trade-offs: dense tourist crowds, premium pricing, and a 2023 city ban on new short-term-let registrations that reshapes the investment case toward long-term lets and appreciation. For buyers chasing a forever lifestyle address or a long-let trophy asset, nothing else in Italy quite compares.

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Centro Storico / Duomo in Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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