|
Santa Maria Novella: In Florence, a short distance from the famous square by the same name, at number 16 of Via della Scala, stands one of the world’s oldest pharmacies: Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella. The origin of the Antica Farmacia goes back to the Dominican friars who in 1221 settled in Florence but it was officially founded in 1612. The Officina’s past and present activities are integrated in a process of continuous osmosis which finds its natural complement, in the oldest tradition of pharmacies.
|
|
