Set in a dominating central position overlooking the burgh's square by the Porta Medicea, or Medicean Gate, Palazzo delle Logge is among the most interesting residences of Santo Stefano di Sessanio for its historical significance and its architectural features. The Renaissance-style building blends with the medieval military turret. Still today, the entire edifice is "intelligible" thanks to our deeply-entrenched principles regarding architectural preservation and our deep-felt appreciation of local heritage. Upon recuperating the original spatial floor plans and subdivisions, six rooms were formed with common rooms for meetings and conviviality; as significantly, later interventions compromising and imperilling the stylistic and formal authenticity of the original design and decor have been removed. The spaces have been organised to permit separate or common rooms grouped around shared environments.
Besides their historical features and original autochthonous furnishings, the ample rooms, measuring up to 25 m2, come with wood fireplaces and heated floors. As with all the best hotels, they meet the most demanding contemporary standards to provide the maximum comfort and well-being. For social gatherings, two environments are available to guest rooms. Both have fireplaces; one, on the first floor, features a kitchenette for self-catering which helps to create a convivial ambience. While satisfying all the functions of its present use, every room, each unique, has preserved its original spatial designs. One can, for example, read the stucco, purposefully preserved as was, for the impressions of time past; over two centuries old, the floors bear the marks of tradition and usage; the reinstated wooden ceilings are late 17th century, their revered age humble signs of refined old elegance. Technology is a present, yet imperceptible protagonist: a remote-controlled radiant floor-based system heats the floors.
Advanced technology monitors every environment to provide all-round comfort; of the entire system, no visible sign. Electrical power, low-tension, is filtered of useless magnetic fields. With no switches, hence the lack of any from sight, guests can activate any of the utilities through remote control: lights, intranet, internet, etc., while a remote-control manager ably monitors operations for correct use and, should the need arise, makes adjustments to ensure comfort and well-being.
A pair of stone arches leaning on support columns and a central stone fireplace highlight the restaurant's main room. It has been restored with an eye to uncovering and re-discovering its original architectural features: clearly successive and deleterious modifications were eliminated to restore its stylistic authenticity. Visible heating elements were removed and installed beneath the floors, while the pavement's massive stone blocks, some gone missing through the years, originate from recuperating comparable material sharing the type of stone and their architectural features from nearby areas. Transformations over time substantially modified the material and spatial features. Never substitutive, layers were applied upon layers.
To regain authenticity meant removing extraneous successive stratifications, as in the plasters from previous centuries, and reintegrating missing fixtures and other accessories with analogous local material, deteriorated parts with antiques, local calcareous stone, worn fixtures restored; meanwhile, the most advanced technology was installed to provide all the modern comforts and amenities, all imperceptible.