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Collegio alla Querce
Tuscany, Italy
Sixteenth-century Barnabite academy with a chapel, frescoed theatre and Baroque gardens above Florence, Tuscany
No. 396 · Autumn 2026
A Barnabite academy above the city
Collegio alla Querce is a restored Barnabite academy on the Fiesole hillside above Florence, run by Auberge Resorts Collection, with a ceremony chapel, a frescoed theatre and 83 rooms and suites.
Collegio alla Querce is a sixteenth-century academy built by the Barnabite order on the Fiesole hillside, about 1.5 miles above Florence. Auberge Resorts Collection restored it and opened it in March 2025 as its first property in Italy. Its Baroque gardens and terraces look across the domes and towers of the city, and the Duomo can be seen from nearly every room.
Vows in the chapel or on the terrace
La Cappella is a restored seventeenth-century chapel with hand-carved coffered ceilings and Renaissance terrazzo floors. For outdoor ceremonies, the Terrazza dell'Arco lawn in the Baroque gardens holds up to 150 guests with the Florence skyline behind them.
- Where
- Fiesole hillside, Florence, Tuscany
- Capacity
- Up to 150 guests outdoors, 90 indoors
- Stay
- 83 rooms and suites
- Ceremony
- La Cappella chapel or the Terrazza dell'Arco gardens
How the day is held
4 spaces for the day. Up to 90 guests.
A Barnabite Academy Above Florence
A 16th-century academy on the Fiesole hillside, Auberge Resorts Collection, with Florence at its feet.
Chapel & Theatre
La Cappella for ceremonies and Il Teatro, the frescoed historic theatre, for wedding banquets.
La Gamella & Il Conservatorio
Dining beneath the arched Barnabite colonnades, with olive trees and the city below.
Rest, close at hand
83 rooms and suites.
Florence-View Rooms
Above the Duomo
Suites with Canopy Bed
Historic grandeur
Baroque Suites
Freestanding bath, frescoed walls
Getting there
Collegio alla Querce stands on the Fiesole hillside in the Le Cure neighbourhood of Florence, at Via delle Forbici, 1.5 miles above the Duomo. Florence is about 20 minutes away by car, with Florence Airport about 30 minutes.
- Airport
- Florence, about 30 minutes by car
- Airport
- Pisa
- Station
- Firenze Santa Maria Novella
- Nearby
- The Duomo, Florence, About 20 minutes
- Nearby
- Fiesole hilltop, About 5 minutes
- Nearby
- Uffizi Gallery, About 25 minutes
Banquets in a frescoed theatre
Receptions move to Il Teatro, the historic theatre with hand-painted frescoes, which is dressed for wedding banquets with candlelight and olive trees. Sala Dorati and Sala Noce suit smaller gatherings, and La Gamella and the colonnades of Il Conservatorio provide further settings for dining.
La Gamella & Il Conservatorio
Dining beneath the arched Barnabite colonnades, with olive trees and the city below.
- Capacity
- Up to 150 guests outdoors, 90 indoors
- Catering
- In-house, La Gamella and Il Conservatorio
Collegio alla Querce
Prices on enquiry.
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