NSDs, created by the aggregation of commercial, artisan and service businesses, are a valuable asset for the Florentine community. This particular one in the San Jacopino area is run by local residents and workers who, in addition to offering a broad range of products and services, also work hard to organise various types of activities.
Piazza di S. Jacopino
BELFIORE
264 mt
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Built in Neo-Romanesque style, its name comes from the typically Florentine version of the name Giacomo (Jacopo), in English, James. The addition of the diminutive “ino” was designed to distinguis [...]
PONTE ALL'ASSE
319 mt
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Small but pleasant garden, managed by the San Jacopino Garden Association, which is a voluntary group of citizens who want to enhance their neighbourhood. Therefore, this space is continuously at the [...]
BELFIORE
52 mt
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Part of the Urban Graffiti project - along the Belfiore tramway tunnel, a thousand square metres of street art involving 20 artists, including well-known names such as Toxic, JC and Zero T. The first [...]
PORTA AL PRATO LEOPOLDA
155 mt
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“Essere alle porte co' sassi” is a Florentine saying which roughly translates to “being late”. It goes back to the Middle Ages, when Florence was surrounded with walls and could be accessed on [...]
PORTA AL PRATO LEOPOLDA
109 mt
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If you are sensible to the charm of the industrial and steampunk aesthetic, this place will touch your heart. Built around the mid-1800s, Stazione Leopolda operated as a railroad station only for abou [...]
STATUTO
315 mt
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It stands where the houses of the ancient hamlet of Romito used to be, named for the small oratory dedicated to Saint Lucia, which an anchorite (a hermit, hence the term “Romitorio” or hermitage) [...]
ALAMANNI STAZIONE - T1
354 mt
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This delightful Italianate garden in the heart of Florence was designed Corsini family’s residence in 1620. Although the tramway passes close by it as it turns onto Viale Rosselli, hardly anyone not [...]
SAN DONATO - UNIVERSITA'
719 mt
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Natural shopping districts (or NSDs) arise from traders’ need to shine a light on their local area and offer their customers everything they need for daily life, while avoiding the confusion of mass [...]
