Piazza Navona (Vicolo della
Cancelleria) "Michelangelo": elegant two bedroom (double / triple)
apartment with large sitting/dining room and patio. Two bathrooms. |
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The "vicolo" (little street) della Cancelleria is adjacent Piazza Navona, on the way to Piazza Campo de' Fiori. Photo (a) shows the Palazzo della Cancelleria (Chancellery Palace of the Kingdom of the Popes), and behind it the dome of the Church of Sant'Agnese, by F. Borromini, in Piazza Navona. The Vicolo is between the two. The palace of the apt. is the one at the left, and the apartment is the last at the first floor (2nd floor in the USA). As mentioned also in the quarter presentation (see above), there is a myriad of characteristic restaurants, wineries, street markets etc. And of course you will find art, history, monuments, churches, characteristic little streets and piazzas, palazzi, fountains, institutions etc. that could fill a book if described even concisely. |
Palazzo della Cancelleria |
Vicolo della Cancelleria |
The palace is original of the 15th century, as engravings on marble slabs prove. The apartment has an independent entrance, a find in Rome (no neighbours to share the door, the walls etc.). The apartment is 150 sq. metres (app. 1,600 sq. feet), and is at the first raised floor. It is quiet (not easy to find in Rome), because the little street is quiet, the walls are ancient and very thick, and finally because all the windows have double glazing (double glasses).
Foyer (a) |
Foyer (b) |
Foyer (c) |
A flight of characteristic and ancient stairs lead from the front door to the ample foyer (lobby), which has the original ancient "cotto" floor, like all the apartment. Arriving at the foyer from the stairs, turning from left to right one can see what is shown in photos a, b, c. In photo (a) to the left there one can see the mild stairs leading to the patio (photo below), and also the ones going to the second double bedroom. In photo (b) one can see the corridor leading to the master bodroom, and also the door with decorated glass leading to the kitchen. In photo (c) one can see an antique set of drawers with lamp and finally the entrance to the sitting room.
The very ample
sitting-dining room alone is 48 sq. meters large (app. 500 sq. feet), and as
mentioned has very high vault ceilings (4.5 meters high - app. 5 yards), with the original
16th century wooden beams. It also has the original cotto floor. |
(d) Sitting-dining room seen from its door |
The sitting room
is so high and ample that on one side there is also a gallery corridor (which can be
entered from the twin bedded room described below). |
(e) Sitting-dining room, opposite view |
One of the three sofas as mentioned is a sofa bed for one person (two if they are a couple), and another is large, for two persons. The room is also equipped with Hi-Fi stereo set (CD player, tuner, cassette player).
(f) Kitchen - front view (g) Kitchen (right) , seen from the sitting room |
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There are two entrances to the kitchen. One is from the foyer, through a wooden door with fine colored glasses (photo a). The other is from the sitting room (photo b). It is ample and has all the appliances: washing machine which also dries, a dishwasher, microwave, and of course the fridge, the freezer, fires, oven, dishes, cutlery etc.
The bedrooms:
(h) Double bedroom with king size bed |
(i) Double bedroom, opposite view - right side |
The master bedroom (photos h, i, l) with a king bed is furnished in a simple, yet fine style. To access the bedroom there is a corridor with a large built-in wardrobe. The bed rails, header and the chest of drawers are wooden.
(l) Double bedroom, opposite view - left side |
(m) Bathroom
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In the photo (l), snapped on purpose aiming a little the camera high, one can see that
the room has a large built-in closet, which is like a little room, with many drawers and a
space to hang clothes etc. One can also see that even this room, like all the apt., has
wooden high-vault ceilings.
In the corridor bringing to the room there is also the entrance to the sparkling bathroom
(photo m), which has two sinks (to make the morning cleaning faster), a bathtub
with also a hand-held shower (with shower curtains), a bidet. The master bedroom is
equipped with a very efficient and silent air conditioner (you can see it
in photo h).
| The twin beds room is at the
first raised floor. There are two beds, bedside tables, a crib (for guests needing it), a
wardrobe, all wooden. This room has wooden parquet and not the "cotto" floor. It also has an own bathroom, with shower box. The apartment has hence two bathrooms. Twin bed bedroom (right) |
Twin beds room |
| The entrance of the patio is
from the foyer. It is 5 x 2.5 meters (5.5 x 2.75 yards). There is a table with chairs to
dine "al fresco" (4-6 persons), or simply to sit and taste some fine Italian
wine. In summer a sunshade parasol (umbrella) is supplied, allowing to
have lunch (or to sit, read etc.) in day time.
Finally, let us remember that the
apartment has a safe, a find which is very useful when traveling abroad.
Naturally, the apartment has gas-run autonomous heating, with radiators
in every room. The heating temperature of both hot water and radiators is electronically
controlled by means of electronic sensors. In Summer as mentioned the apartment has perfectly
working air conditioning. |
Patio The apartment can accommodate comfortably two-eight persons. |
The apartment is also equipped iron, iron board, hair drier, 27 inches Sony colour TV with satellite dish (to watch CNN, CBSB, Skynews etc), and, as mentioned, dishwasher, washing machine with dryer, microwave oven, and also traditional oven with griller. The sitting room also includes a Hi-Fi stereo set (CD player, tuner, cassette player).
