Villas of TuscanyThis opulent grand tour of 50 of the most exclusive villas of the beautiful Tuscan countryside will long remain the standard by which all other books on the subject are judged. The villas range from the glorious Renaissance palaces of the Medici family to the comparatively modest home of Giacomo Puccini, and are organized chronologically from the late 14th century up to the early 20th century. |
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18th-century adorned allegorical arcade arches architect architectural argent Baldassarre Baldassarre Peruzzi balustrades Belcaro Bianchi Bandinelli building built Buontalenti Castello ceiling central salone century chapel Chigi COAT OF ARMS Cosimo countryside courtyard crowned decorated designed detail entrance façade FAMILY VILLA Ferdinando fish pond Florence Florentine formal fountain Francesco fresco front gallery garden Giovan Battista Giovan Battista Foggini Giovanni Giuliano da Sangallo Giuseppe Grand Duke grottesche grotto ground floor illusionistic inside the villa interior landscape Lappeggi loggia Lorenzo the Magnificent Lucca lunette main façade Martelli Medici at Artimino Medici at Poggio niches nymphaeum Opposite palace palazzo pediment Peruzzi piano nobile Pietro pilaster strips Poggio a Caiano portico Pratolino rear façade renovated residence room at Villa rustic salone of Leo Siena staircase stairway statues structure stylistic surrounding terraces terracotta trompe-l'oeil Tuscan Tuscan villa vault Villa del Poggio Villa La Pietra Villa La Suvera Villa Medici wall paintings wings