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Florence and its countryside are rich of villas and castles built during the centuries by the most important aristocratic families. The most known and visited are undoubtedly the Medici villas and Castle of Cafaggiolo.
Many Florentine families who have left their mark in the territory by building grandiose residences. Among these, the family of Pucci, who in the 15th century, constructed the castello di Oliveto to Castelfiorentino and a hundred years later the villa di Bellosguardo in Lastra a Signa, the Rucellai, who built the villa in Campi Bisenzio, Ginori, owners of villa Ginori to shower (comune di Sesto Fiorentino) and Guicciardiniowners villa Guicciardini Corsi Salviati in Sesto Fiorentino .
In more recent times Fiesole was chosen as a resting place by noble families of Northern Europe. Were purchased and renovated large villas (e.g. villa Le Balze, villa Nieuwenkamp and villa I Tatti ) according to taste typical of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
If the outskirts of Florence is dotted with villas with spectacular gardens ( villa Capponi Banti villa Gamberaia Settignano and to villa Strozzi al Boschetto ), the center of the city is rich of imposing buildings, once the home of the great Florentine families, such as palazzo Medici-Riccardi , and Frescobaldi Palace palazzo Corsini al Prato .
Renting a
, you will have the opportunity to visit these ancient residences and discover how the lords of Tuscany lived .
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