Lunette of Villa di Castello as it appeared in 1599, painted by Giusto UtensThe villa and garden of Villa di Castello in July 2013
TheVilla di Castello, near the hills bordering Florence, Tuscany, central Italy, was the country residence of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519-1574). The gardens, filled with fountains, statuary, and a grotto, became famous throughout Europe. The villa also housed some of the great art treasures of Florence, including Sandro Botticelli's Renaissance masterpieces The Birth of Venus and Primavera. The gardens of the Villa had a profound influence upon the design of the Italian Renaissance garden and the later French formal garden.[1]
The VilladiCastello, near the hills bordering Florence, Tuscany, central Italy, was the country residence of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany...
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magnificent image for their powerful patrons." The central fountain at VilladiCastello featured a statue of Hercules, symbolizing Cosimo de' Medici, the...
giants emerging from the earth (as at Villadi Pratolino), the maze and the fountain of Venus (as at VilladiCastello), where Poliphile and Polia were reconciled...
coastal fort, it was called the Castellodi San Giorgio. After peace fell upon the region in the early 19th century, the Castello was abandoned. Some decades...
was Michelozzo, who remodelled the fortified villa which had something of the character of a castello. Its famous garden is walled about, like a medieval...
1900 it was discovered at the VilladiCastello near Florence. It was printed in 1916 and received the name "Castello Plan" at that time. It is covered...
Island. One of the copies came from the same collection as the Castello Plan at VilladiCastello, and is now held at the New York Public Library. The other...
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painting was commissioned soon after the purchase in 1477 of the VilladiCastello, a country house outside Florence, by Lorenzo and Giovanni, to decorate...
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when because of his poor health he retired to private life in the villadiCastello, abdicating in favour of his son Francesco I de' Medici. Camilla had...
both seen by Vasari in the mid-16th century at the VilladiCastello, owned from 1477 by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, and until the publication...
plan of New York City was known as the Castello Plan because it was later rediscovered at the VilladiCastello near Florence, Italy, in 1900. The map...
century it hung in the Palazzo Vecchio. In 1638 it was at the Medici VilladiCastello, as was the Primavera, then it is recorded in the Pitti Palace by...
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