Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany in Italy

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Unesco World heritage since: 2013
Size of heritage: 125 ha
- Buffer zone: 3,539 ha

Coordinates:
Longitude: 11,304°
Latitude: 43,858°

About

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.

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Demidoff Country Resort Resort

Address
Distance: 0,9 mi
Via della Lupaia 1556
50036 Pratolino
Italy

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Giotto Park Hotel

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Distance: 2,7 mi
Via Roma 69
50030 Vaglia
Italy

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Weekday: 7:00 - 22:00
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Gli Scoiattoli

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Distance: 2,8 mi
Via della Fittaccia 1388
50036 Vaglia
Italy

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Villa Il Trebbiolo

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Distance: 2,5 mi
Via Del Trebbiolo 8
50065 Pontassieve
Italy

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Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 16:00
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Weekday: 8:00 - 23:59
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Villa dei Bosconi

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Distance: 3,4 mi
Via F. Ferrucci, 51
50014 Fiesole
Italy

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Residence Fiesole -

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Distance: 3,4 mi
via degli Artigiani 1
50014 Fiesole
Italy

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Weekday: 9:00 - 18:00
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Paterno

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Distance: 3,1 mi
Via di Paterno, 2383-2393
50036 Vaglia
Italy

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Villa Baccano

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Distance: 1,8 mi
Via Dei Bosconi 4
50014 Florenz
Italy

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La Paggeria

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Distance: 1,3 mi
Villa Mazzini - Via Di Basciano 130
50030 Vaglia
Italy

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I Casali del Trebbiolo

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Distance: 2,5 mi
Via del Trebbiolo 6
50065 Pontassieve
Italy

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Weekday: 8:00 - 20:00
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