Impruneta: the town of the Florentine cotto

Florentine belt, Province of Florence, Villages 14 Views

Impruneta is a beautiful town located at the beginning of the Chianti hills in the province of Florence, which is about 17 km away. Already in Etruscan times, the sixth century BC, where Impruneta is today there was a place of worship. AN IMPORTANT SANCTUARY But the history of the town itself dates back to the Middle Ages (11th century), ...

Medici Villas: the villas of the lords of Florence

Florence, Florentine belt, Lower Valdarno, Mugello and Val di Sieve, Museums, Villas and Palaces, Piana di Pistoia, Province of Florence, Province of Lucca, Province of Pistoia, Province of Prato, Versilia 613 Views

Villa di Cafaggiolo, Barberino del Mugello. Author and Copyright Marco Ramerini

The Medici Villas are among the most original architectural structures of the Italian Renaissance. These villas were built between the fifteenth and seventeenth century by the lords of Florence, the Medici. The Medici Villas represent a kind of new building for its time, which differed both from the typical farms from the stately castles. The Medici Villas are an example ...