Near Borgo a Buggiano, along the road that connects Borgo a Buggiano with Chiesina Uzzanese, a few kilometers from Montecatini Terme, we find the splendid Villa Bellavista. The building is today of property of the Ministry of the Interior that has destined it to the Opera Nazionale Assistenza Vigili del Fuoco (National Fire Department), in some rooms of the Villa is the Regional Historical Museum of the National Fire Departments.

In 1673 marquis Francisco Feroni acquired from the Granduca Cosimo III de' Medici a farmhouse with 45 farms, here he made to construct a flour mill and a furnace. Subsequently, in 1696 his son, Fabio Feroni, began the construction of Villa Bellavista, the building was planned from the florentine architect Antonio Maria Ferri. The structure has a facade in baroque style with a balcony and four towers at each angle. The entrance is formed from a porch with three arches. Subsequently on the top of the facade a great mechanical clock was placed. Inside, the rooms, are distributed around to a great central hall frescoed, and they create with their beautiful disposition a perspective effect. The structure has also a garden and an elegant chapel. The garden, divided from a majestic tree-lined avenue with a series of statues and ornamental pot, has also a great central basin.

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