Villa Medici, Castello, was the preferred country residence of Cosimo I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519-1574), who lived here in his childhood. The gardens became ... read more
Villa Medici was built for Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549 – 1609) and houses since 1803 the Académie Française in Rome. It has a ... read more
Villa Medici La Petraia was built for Cosimo I de Medici, who has acquired it in 1544. He gave it in 1568 to his son Cardinal Ferdinando (1549 – 1609), who changed ... read more
Villa Medici & Garden at Poggio a Caiano, were built for Lorenzo di Midici in 1485 and designed by Giuliano de Sangallo (1445-1516) an architect, sculptor and ... read more
Villa Marigola, dating back to the 18th century and built for the Marquis Ollandini, is now property of the Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia and a center for cultural ... read more
Villa Mansi dates back to the 16the century and was acquired by the Mansi family in 1675, which owns it still today. The villa was considerably transformed in the 18th ... read more
Villa Manin was built for the Manin family in the 17th century, but has been modified several times, as has been its 19 ha garden. Today the furnished villa is a museum, ... read more
Villa Malfitano Whitaker is a 19th-century palace and a museum for the artwork, natural history and archeologic collections, of the Sicilian-English artist and ... read more
Villa Lante has become famous for its Renaissance Mannerist garden, made for Cardinal Gambara (1533–1587). The garden contains cascades, fountains and dripping ... read more
The Villa La Quiete is a blueprint of the history of the Medici House, devotion and female education, featuring artistic treasures of the 17th and 18th centuries. The ... read more
Villa La Pietra, dating back to at least the 15th century, is a Renaissance villa, surrounded by a formal Baroque Italian garden, including almost two hundred ... read more
Villa La Foce dates back to the 15th century, but was mainly abandoned when it was bought in 1924 by Antonio and Iris Origo, a writer and horticulturalist. He turned it ... read more
Villa Imperiale Pesaro was built between 1452-1469 for Alessandro Sforza, whereby the first stone was laid by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III. It is famous for its ... read more
The Villa il Gioiello, or Villa Galileo, is the home where the great scientist spent the last part of his life, from 1631 until his death in 1642, confined to house ... read more
Villa Gregoriana Park was created in 1835 by Pope Gregory XVI. It had fallen into ruins late 20th century, but was restored by the FAI (Fundo Ambiente Italiano, the ... read more
Villa Grabau, dating back to 1412, is a Renaissance Villa with 17th- and 19th century transformation. The Villa, furnished with period pieces and paintings and is ... read more
Villa Giulia, in Mannerist style, was built in 1551-1553, for the highly cultivated art collector Pope Julius III. The main building was designed by da Vignola, but the ... read more
Villa Ghirlanda Silva, in its current construction, dates back to 1660. Today it is used by the municipality and houses a Museum for Contemporary Photography, MUFOCO, in ... read more
Villa Garzoni Garden is a famous magnificent Baroque garden, laid out in 1652, whereas the water garden was added later in 1786 by Ottavio Diodati. read more
Villa Gamberaia is a historic 17th-century villa, surrounded by an early renaissance garden combined with the rich decoration of the mannerist or baroque styles. The ... read more