Patio Dining Banned on 50 Florence Streets

Florence will be changing its appearance: patio dining has been prohibited by Florence City Council on 50 local streets.  All are historic with centuries’-old architecture and are located in the downtown area of the Renaissance city. An added bonus is that the effects of this ordinance will also create more space for people to get around.

The streets are: Borgo degli Albizi (from 26/r to 40/r), Borgo Santa Croce, Borgo della Stella, Borgo Tegolaio, piazza degli Antinori, Lungarno Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici, piazza de’ Frescobaldi, piazza de’ Rucellai, piazza del Limbo, piazzale degli Uffizi, piazza San Remigio, piazza di Santa Maria Nuova, piazza Santa Trìnita, Ponte Vecchio, Por Santa Maria, via dell’Agnolo (from viale Giovine Italia to Borgo Allegri), via dell’Anguillara, via Barbadori, via di Calimala, via dei Calzaiuoli, via del Campuccio, via delle Caldaie, via Cesare Battisti, via del Corno, Corso, via Dante Alighieri, via degli Alfani (from the corner of Via Ricasoli to the corner of Via de’ Servi), via dei Federighi, via Fiesolana, via de’ Guicciardini, via Lambertesca, via Maffia, via Maggio, via Panzani, via dei Pepi, via del Presto di San Martino, via dei Preti, via del Proconsolo, via Ricasoli, via Roma, via Romana, via San Giovanni, via Santa Maria, via di Santo Spirito, via degli Speziali, via degli Strozzi, via Taddea, via della Vigna Nuova, via della Vigna Vecchia and via dei Georgofili.

Businesses on additional 73 streets in the Florence city center must have their architectural designs for patio dining, which must conform to newly established criteria, approved before mounting the structures.

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