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    The Villa di Pratolino was a Renaissance patrician villa in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. It was mostly demolished in 1822. Its remains are now part of the Villa...
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    Villa di Camugliano (c.1530 - 1615) Villa di Cerreto Guidi (1555–1738) Villa del Poggio Imperiale (1565–1738) Villa di Pratolino (1568–1738) Villa di...
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    aspect of nature. Later villas and gardens include the Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens in Florence, and the Villa di Pratolino in Vaglia. Rome had more...
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    Apennine Colossus (category Medici villas)
    constructed on the grounds of the Villa di Pratolino, a Renaissance villa that fell into disrepair and was replaced by the Villa Demidoff in the 1800s. The colossus...
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    The Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo is a villa situated near the Tuscan town of Barberino di Mugello in the valley of the River Sieve, some 25 kilometres north...
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    around a central fountain. Villa di Castello also strongly influenced the later Medici villas, such as the Villa di Pratolino, constructed by Francesco...
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    brother, Lorenzo. At the death of Giovanni di Bicci, Cosimo il Vecchio set about remodelling the beloved villa around its loggia-enclosed central courtyard...
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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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    Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (c. 1360 – February 1429) was an Italian banker and founder of the Medici Bank. While other members of the Medici family,...
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    Belvedere Villa Medici di Castello Villa Medici La Petraia Villa di Pratolino Villa Medicea L'Ambrogiana Villa di Lappeggi Villa di Poggio a Caiano Villa di Serravezza...
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    Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici (15 February 1472 – 28 December 1503),: 7  called Piero the Fatuous or Piero the Unfortunate, was the lord of Florence from...
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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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    Piombino, then in Rome, and finally at a banquet hosted by the Medici at their villa in Fiesole. Giuliano did not come, claiming to be ill. The choice to commit...
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    up by the conspirators to capture Piero in his trip toward the Medici Villa di Careggi; he was not recognized and was able to warn his father. The coup...
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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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    Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Italian: [loˈrɛntso di ˈpjɛːro de ˈmɛːditʃi]; 12 September 1492 – 4 May 1519) was the ruler of Florence from 1516 until his...
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    condottiero, or mercenary military captain, in the employ of Pope Leo X (Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici) and on 5 March 1516 led the war against Francesco Maria...
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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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    Filippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi (1377 – 15 April 1446), commonly known as Filippo Brunelleschi (/ˌbruːnəˈlɛski/ BROO-nə-LESK-ee, Italian: [fiˈlippo...
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    the father of three children: Giovanni, Francesco, and Antonia. Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici would become the first historically significant member of...
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    both seen by Vasari in the mid-16th century at the Villa di Castello, owned from 1477 by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, and until the publication...
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    Stockholm in 1700–1704. Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo Villa Medici at Careggi Villa Medici in Fiesole Villa Medicea di Pratolino Villa Medici at the Encyclopædia...
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    Villa Madama is a Renaissance-style rural palace (villa) located on Via di Villa Madama #250 in Rome, Italy. Located west of the city center and a few...
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    conspired to poison Joanna. Francesco reportedly built and decorated the Villa di Pratolino for Bianca. She was, however, not always popular among Florentines...
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    187. Spini, Giorgio. "ALESSANDRO de' Medici, primo duca di Firenze". The Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. Istituto della Enciclopedia...
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    Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (c. 1386 – 13 December 1466), known mononymously as Donatello (English: /ˌdɒnəˈtɛloʊ/ Italian: [donaˈtɛllo]), was an...
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    Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer...
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    grottos and fountains in the Boboli Gardens of Florence and at the Villa di Pratolino, and the bronze doors of Pisa Cathedral. He created the bronze sea-horses...
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    giants emerging from the earth (as at Villa di Pratolino), the maze and the fountain of Venus (as at Villa di Castello), where Poliphile and Polia were...
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  • late medieval Rome. Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli is another set for Rome; Cosimo meets Donatello along the Canopus. Borgo di Rota, a frazione of Tolfa, is...
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