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Alle Murate

For a unique Florentine experience, book a table on Alle Murate's mezzanine beneath the earliest known frescoed portraits of writers Dante and Boccaccio. Housed in the 14th-century seat of the city's magistrates' and notaries' guild, the restaurant also has a vaulted basement with Plexiglas floors suspended over a Roman archaeological site. Audiocassettes explaining the surroundings are available to listen to while you eat. Food here is good and authentically Tuscan, if a little overshadowed by its surroundings. In season, order platters like pigeon in white grape sauce or white bean soup with shrimp.

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From Travel + Leisure , MAY 2006

Italian ladies who lunch nibble on tapenade-coated branzino beneath the centuries-old frescoes in this 14th-century palace while archaeologists excavate the ancient Roman site belowground....MORE>>

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Last updated May 2006