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Florentino's maintains the three distinct sections established in the 1930s: the Cellar bar, the Grill and the
Restaurant. âThe Cellar Barâ offers simple Italian food; the 'Grill' has an open kitchen and is more relaxed than the restaurant; the 'Restaurant' upstairs is formal and serves modern and
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The figures painted in this panel are representatives of the nobility of 14th century
Florence. It features a typical nobleman preparing, with the aid of a follower, to visit the festival of the Cur in Florence. The lovers symbolise the romantic spirit of the period. This scene is portrayed in a
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Florence at the full height of Renaissance achievement. On the left is Ghiberti, the designer of the wonderful bronze doors of the baptistery, talking to Donatello and Luco della Robbia, the sculptors who helped to cast the doors. Artists
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a hill town with its half-ruined shrines and chapel which are surrounded by pine forests and vineyards. Beneath
Vallombrosa, across the forest, unfolds the beauty of the valley of the Arno River. Beside it runs the road which Dante and Saint
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In 1934 the adjacent property at 82 Bourke Street was purchased and the two shops joined together. The new upstairs dining room was extensively decorated to a design by Walter Butler, with 8 murals created by pupils of noted artist
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Florentino was changed from an Australian Wine license to a restaurant, so that the previously illegally sold imported spirits and wines could now be sold openly.
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in 1918, which he then gradually expanded whilst living upstairs. Wynn's wine selling interest gradually moved into wine making, and he went on after WW2 to purchase the
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George and Leon opened âThe Cellarâ, more informal , serving countertop meals. Three years later they opened the âBistro Grillâ on the opposite side of the staircase.
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in 1934, illustrating scenes of
Florence and its surrounds. The murals are classified by The National Trust. The Murals and their artists are as follows:
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vineyard, making Wynn's a household name. In 1920 he purchased the nearby popular CafĂŠ Denat which he relocated into his former home upstairs in 1924.
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In 2013, the Grossi family gave a fresh touch to the upstairs restaurant through a three-month renovation with the help of
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then leased the âCafĂŠ Denatâ in 1928, and changed the name to CafĂŠ Florentino and the style from French to Italian.
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