Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany
Overview
Twelve villas and two gardens spread across the Tuscan landscape make up this site which bears testimony to the influence the Medici family exerted over modern European culture through its patronage of the arts. Built between the 15th and 17th centuries, they represent an innovative system of construction in harmony with nature and dedicated to leisure, the arts and knowledge. The villas embody an innovative form and function, a new type of princely residence that differed from both the farms owned by rich Florentines of the period and from the military might of baronial castles. The Medici villas form the first example of the connection between architecture, gardens, and the environment and became an enduring reference for princely residences throughout Italy and Europe. Their gardens and integration into the natural environment helped develop the appreciation of landscape characteristic Humanism and the Renaissance.
About Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany
The Medici villas are a series of rural building complexes in Tuscany which were owned by members of the Medici family between the 15th century and the 17th century. The villas served several functions: they were the country palaces of the Medici, scattered over the territory that they ruled, demonstrating their power and wealth. They were also recreational resorts for the leisure and pleasure of their owners; and, more prosaically, they were the centre of agricultural activities on the surrounding estates. In 2013, the Medici villas were added to UNESCO's World Heritage list.
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Components(14 locations)
- •Villa La Magia175-012
- •Villa de Careggi175-003
- •Jardin de Boboli175-008
- •Villa de Castello175-005
- •Villa de Artimino175-013
- •Villa de Cafaggiolo175-001
- •Villa de Il Trebbio175-002
- •Villa de la Petraia175-007
- •Palais de Seravezza175-010
- •Jardin de Pratolino175-011
- •Villa de Cerreto Guidi175-009
- •Villa Medici de Fiesole175-004
- •Villa de Poggio a Caiano175-006
- •Villa du Poggio Imperiale175-014
Details
- Countries
- Italy
- ISO Codes
- IT
- Area
- 125.4 ha
- Coordinates
- 43.8578, 11.3042
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