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Villa Medici, Fiesole

Castles & Country Houses, Gardens & Parks
Villa Medici, Fiesole, was built between 1451 and 1457 for Giovanni de Medici, and most probably designed by Leon Battista Alberti (1404 – 1472), the Renaissance architect, humanist, artist, poet, philosopher and mathematician. 

Consequently, the villa might be considered as the very first example of a Renaissance villa: that is to say it follows the Albertian criteria for rendering a country dwelling a "villa suburbana". 

Visitors are allowed only in the garden and by prior arrangement.

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Villa Medici, Fiesole

Via Beato Angelico, 2
50014 Fiesole FI
Italy