Along the Arno River, five blocks from the Ponte
Vecchio, sits a small Renaissance square bordered
by two impressive buildings. For centuries, they have faced each other across Florence’s Piazza Ognissanti, their fates tied together by location. Today, they are officially sisters, one
the Grand Hotel, the other, The Westin
Excelsior.
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