Medici villas in the 17th century, which are now held by the Villa La Petraia. The last Medici villas were the Villa di Montevettolini and the Villa di...
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The Villa Medici (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvilla ˈmɛːditʃi]) is a Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with a garden contiguous with the more...
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of Medici villas, notable as the site of the Platonic Academy founded by Cosimo de' Medici, who died at the villa in 1464. Like most villas of Florentine...
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The Villa Medici is a patrician villa in Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy, the fourth oldest of the villas built for the Medici family. It was built between 1451...
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Giusto Utens (section Medici villas)
he returned and died. The Medici villas illustrated by Utens from a bird's-eye perspective are: Villa Medici del Trebbio Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo Palazzo...
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Medici villas Villa del Trebbio Villa di Castello Santi Severino e Sossio, Naples Wikimedia Commons has media related to House of Medici. History of Florence...
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was Cosimo de' Medici, whose villa at Careggi is considered to be the model for the Renaissance villas of Florence. These early villas as in the case...
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arts, she bequeathed the Medicis' large art collection, including the contents of the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Medici villas, which she inherited upon...
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descriptions. Nevertheless, Pratolino has not survived, as other Medici villas have. Though the villa and its fountains were kept in repair, after Francesco's...
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Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which...
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Cosimo I de' Medici (12 June 1519 – 21 April 1574) was the second and last duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first grand duke of...
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Villa Medici or Palazzo Medici can refer to several buildings in Italy: Villa Medici, Rome Medici villas, Tuscany Palazzo Medici, Florence This disambiguation...
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Medici (Italian: I Medici) is a historical drama television series created by Frank Spotnitz and Nicholas Meyer. The series was produced by Italian companies...
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The Palazzo Medici, also called the Palazzo Medici Riccardi after the later family that acquired and expanded it, is a Renaissance palace located in Florence...
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The Villa di Castello, near the hills bordering Florence, Tuscany, central Italy, was the country residence of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany...
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Katie (2021). Cultivating the Renaissance: A Social History of the Medici Tuscan Villas. Routledge. Fornaciari, Gino; Giuffra, Valentina; Ferroglio, Ezio;...
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the historical centre of Pienza (1996); the Val d'Orcia (2004), the Medici Villas and Gardens (2013), and Montecatini Terme as part of the Great Spa Towns...
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Poggio a Caiano (section The Medici villa)
Retrieved 2011-04-22. Lapi Ballerini The Medici Villas, 2003 C.G.F. Young The Medici Roberta Passalacqua La Villa medicea di Poggio a Caiano, 2000 Wikimedia...
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Villa La Petraia is one of the Medici villas in Castello, Florence, Tuscany, central Italy. It has a distinctive 19th-century belvedere on the upper east...
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The Medici Villa of Poggio a Caiano, also called Ambra, is one of the most famous Medici villas and is located in Poggio a Caiano (Prato). Today it is...
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Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, known as Piero the Gouty (Italian: Piero "il Gottoso"), (1416 – 2 December 1469) was the de facto ruler of Florence from 1464...
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in the area from which the Medici family originated. It was one of the first - if not the first - of the Medici villas built outside Florence. The estate...
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The House of Medici (English: /ˈmɛdɪtʃi/ MED-itch-ee, UK also /məˈdiːtʃi/ mə-DEE-chee; Italian: [ˈmɛːditʃi]) was an Italian banking family and political...
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Catherine de' Medici (Italian: Caterina de' Medici, pronounced [kateˈriːna de ˈmɛːditʃi]; French: Catherine de Médicis, pronounced [katʁin də medisis];...
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Thomas Francini, who had worked on fountains in the new gardens of the Medici villas in Florence and Rome, found eager royal patrons in France. Soon features...
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directing the films Der Eintänzer (1978), La ferdinanda: Sonate für eine Medici-Villa (1982) and Buster's Bedroom (1990). Rebecca Horn was born on 24 March...
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Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Italian: [loˈrɛntso de ˈmɛːditʃi]), known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Italian: Lorenzo il Magnifico; 1 January 1449 – 8 April...
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of Cosimo de' Medici, the founder of the Medici dynasty. Unlike other Medici family villas that were located on flat farmland, this villa was located on...
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temple style façade. The Medici Villa in Poggia a Caiano is one of the oldest examples of Renaissance-style country villas and served as an inspiration...
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and the other a 16th-century pendant. By 1598 both were placed at the Villa Medici, Rome. Since 1789 they have been displayed at the Loggia dei Lanzi in...
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